Microsoft Word - UNPFII statement accountability and redress FINAL jvb.docx

A joint statement submitted to the seventeenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues by Natural Justice, Forest Peoples Programme, SwedBio, and the Sengwer Indigenous Peoples Programme, calling for strengthened accountability and redress mechanisms for indigenous peoples facing injustices in the name of conservation.

• The submitting organisations recommend that the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues convene an Expert Meeting in 2019 to examine the application of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to conservation activities and the available accountability mechanisms for indigenous peoples to seek redress for human rights abuses.
• The statement calls for the UN Permanent Forum to produce an expert report analyzing existing redress strategies for indigenous peoples within conservation contexts and to increase collaboration with other UN mandates, such as the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• The authors suggest that the upcoming EMRIP meeting on transitional justice include a specific element focused on restitution for harms and evictions related to historic conservation efforts.
• The statement proposes that the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Convention on Biological Diversity collaborate with indigenous organisations and UN mandates to create commitments for human rights and conservation for the next World Conservation Congress and the post-2020 biodiversity framework, specifically urging the IUCN to provide resources for previous unfulfilled commitments like the Whakatane Mechanism.

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Natural Justice (n.d.). Microsoft Word - UNPFII statement accountability and redress FINAL jvb.docx. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/UNPFII-Statement.pdf

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@misc{naturaljusticendmicrosoft, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Microsoft Word - UNPFII statement accountability and redress FINAL jvb.docx}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/UNPFII-Statement.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }