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News and Events - 2003
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United Nations Human Rights Prize deadline
29th August 2003
What is the United Nations Prize in the
Field of Human Rights?
The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights is
an honorary award given to individuals and organizations
in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights.
The Prize was established by the General Assembly in 1966[1]
and was awarded for the first time on 10 December 1968,
the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. The Prize has since been awarded in 1973,
1978, 1988, 1993 and 1998. The Prize is an opportunity not
only to give public recognition to the achievements of the
recipients themselves, but also to send a clear message
to human rights defenders the world over that the international
community is grateful for, and supports, their tireless
efforts to promote all human rights for all.
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Internships are available at the secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Please review the instructions and fill out an application form. A copy of the application form must also be sent to the secretariat of the Permanent Forum.
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| Expert Consultations on the Innocenti Digest on the Rights of Indigenous Children, UNICEF, Innocenti Research Center, Florence, 5 to 7 March 2003 |
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A unique expert group met to discuss indigenous children's issues and brought experiences and knowledge from regions of Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe. They included representatives from governments, NGOs, UN system organizations and research institutions. (Photograph of participants)
This Digest is an opportunity to put indigenous children high in national agendas, to recognise them as subjects of rights, and to take a child-centred approach to indigenous questions.
Please contact us for more information at IndigenousPeoplesForum@un.org
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2003
February
17 to 18 Inter-agency Support Group (Washington)
24 to 26 Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund on Indigenous Populations (Geneva)
March
17 March to 25 April - Commission on Human Rights (Geneva)
31 March to 4 April - Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund on Indigenous Populations (Geneva)
April
7 to 11 - Advisory Group for the Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Geneva)
July
18 - Inter-agency Support Group (Geneva)
21 to 25 - Working Group on Indigenous Populations (Geneva)
28 July to 15 August - Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Geneva)
September
19 - Indigenous Children Discussion Day, Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneva)
15 to 26 - Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Geneva)
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