Indigenous Peoples Project - Geneva for Human Rights

16/08/2026

Join us for our upcoming training in preparation for COP17!

📅 Date: August 20
🕰️ Time: 4 p.m. Geneva / 9 a.m. Colombia
🔗 Join the Training Session via Zoom for FREE at https://bit.ly/461pa8R

🌿 This session will provide a practical introduction to the Convention on Biological Diversity, building on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems, practices, and governance approaches that have long contributed to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, while preparing participants for effective engagement at COP17.

🗣️ Interpretation will be available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese

🤝🏾 Organized by Nia Tero, UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Docip and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

16/08/2026

At UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia, Nia Tero will officially launch a new policy report examining how fragmentation across the Rio Conventions has shaped Indigenous Peoples’ participation in global environmental governance.

Drawing on years of dialogue with Indigenous leaders, representatives, and advocates, the report offers recommendations for strengthening coherence, meaningful engagement, and Indigenous leadership across climate, biodiversity, and land stewardship processes.

Not able to join us in person? Read the report at the QR code or link in our bio/story

04/08/2026

Join us tomorrow for our side event:

📆 5th August 2026
⏱️ 18:15 - 19:35 (80min)
📍 CR-10 - GRULAC Room, 2nd Floor

“Unpacking Inclusive and Rights-Based Approaches to Conservation and Development: Indigenous Peoples in the African Context”

How can conservation in Africa move away from exclusionary models to centre Indigenous knowledge, collective rights, and self-determination?

Convened by IMPACT Kenya and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, this session unpacks a landmark short certificate course designed to embed Indigenous governance, FPIC, and rights-based approaches into KM-GBF implementation and Target 3.

SwedBioConservation International UN Environment Programme Nia Tero University of Nairobi The University of Manchester MIKIA KENYA

10/07/2026

For those attending EMRIP in Geneva:

Orientation/Training on EMRIP for new participants

Date: July 11, 2026, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Venue: BIRD Playground, Chemin de Blandonnet 8 1214 Vernier, Bus/Tram Stop: “Blandonnet” (tramway 14, 18/ bus 23, 28, 53, 56, 57, 68)

Registration: https://forms.gle/xfV6wxnKf3Tbbi5B9

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian

10/07/2026

📢 Preparatory Meeting of the Global Indigenous Peoples' Caucus

Ahead of the 19th session of EMRIP, the Global Indigenous Peoples' Caucus will hold its Preparatory Meeting in Geneva, hosted by Docip.

🗓️ Saturday, July 11, 2026 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM
🗓️ Sunday, July 12, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 BIRD Playground, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, 1214 Vernier, Geneva
🚊 Bus/Tram stop "Blandonnet" (tram 14, 18 / bus 23, 28, 53, 56, 57, 68)

🌐 Interpretation in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian
📄 Draft agenda: go.docip.org/emrip19-gipc-agenda-en

ℹ️ More on EMRIP19: go.docip.org/emrip19-en
🗓️ Add to your calendar: go.docip.org/agenda-emrip19-en

21/06/2026

20/06/2026

In Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Indigenous Maasai pastoralists who have stewarded the land for generations are being unilaterally pushed out of their ancestral lands. With the help of UN Human Rights’ Multi-Country Office in Nairobi, Kenya, environmental human rights defenders are ...

20/06/2026

🌿 Preparing for the 19th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)?

Our preparatory bibliography is now available. It brings together key documents on participation in EMRIP, important decisions from previous EMRIP and UNPFII sessions, and resources on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in conflict and post-conflict situations, Artificial Intelligence, and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
We hope this resource will support your preparations and look forward to welcoming you to Geneva in July.

🔗 Download the bibliography here: https://go.docip.org/news-260618-en