COVID Impact and Recovery in Indigenous Communities
Total Credits: 1 CLE
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- Categories:
- Indian Law
- Faculty:
- José Francisco "Pancho" Calí Tzay
- Original Program Date:
- Jan 26, 2022
Description
We are honored to welcome José Francisco Calí Tzay, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples as our January Lunch in Indian Country series speaker. Special Rapporteur Calí Tzay will speak on the impact of the coronavirus disease on the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples.
Faculty:
José Francisco Calí Tzay, Lecturer in Law and U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy, James E. Rogers College of Law
Chairpersons:
Doreen McPaul, Attorney General, Navajo Nation; President, Tribal In-House Counsel Association
Virjinya Torrez, Assistant Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe; Secretary, Tribal In-House Counsel Association
Handouts
| AgendaAndFacultyBiography.pdf (200 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| ThematicReportReport of the Special Rapporteur.pdf (436 KB) | 27 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
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U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Francisco Cali, a Mayan Cakchiquel from Guatemala who served for 16 years as a member of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), is the first Indigenous member of a UN Treaty body. He was served as CERD’s President from 2014 to 2016 and as the Chairman of CERD’s Early Warning/Urgent Action Procedure from 2017 to December 2019. He represented Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations since the early 1980’s, addressing human rights violations against the Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala and around the world. He was an active participant over many years in the Intersessional Working on Group for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, both as a representative of the International Indian Treaty Council and delegate with the government of Guatemala.
He was founder and member of a different indigenous organizations in Guatemala and as well Ambassador of Guatemala to the Federal Republic of Germany and was President of the Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, a treaty body from which he was elected for four consecutive periods of 4 years each.