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James Anaya to Barents Indigenous Peoples conference

Dr. James Anaya, United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will open the conference Indigenous Peoples, Business & Environment 2012 with a key note speech on indigenous peoples rights and corporations.

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Dr. James Anaya is the key note speaker at the conference Indigenous Peoples, Business & Environment 2012. Photo: Christina Henriksen

In 2008, Dr. Anaya was appointed United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and has since then reported on the situation of indigenous peoples worldwide.

The conferance takes place in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes, on February 9. Dr. Anaya will focus on indigenous peoples’ rights and international corporations.

Indigenous peoples from the entire Barents Region will attend the conference, which preceds the 2nd Barents Indigenous Peoples’ Congress, gathering 50 Nenets, Saami and Veps delegates from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden, and invited guests on February 10. 

Read also: Portal of the Indigenous Peoples cooperation in the Barents Region

In 2010, Dr. Anaya reported on the situation for indigenous peoples in the Russian Federation, after having visited several areas and met indigenous peoples and public officials in Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Beloyarsk, Khanty-Mansisk and Moscow.  

Read the report here (pdf-file).

In 2011, Dr. Anaya reported on the situation of the Sami people in Sweden, Finland and Norway. The Sami people in the Russian Federation was not included in this report.

Read the report here (pdf-file).

Text: Christina Henriksen