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International Work
Trabajo Internacional

Capacity Building and Standard Setting // Capacitación y Establecimiento de Normas 

Issue areas: Human Rights; Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Information Society; Food Security; Environmental Health; Sacred Sites & Cultural Item Repatriation

Áreas temáticas: Derechos Humanos; Desarrollo Sostenible; Cambio Climático; Sociedad de Información; Seguridad Alimentaria; Salud Ambiental; Sitios Sagrados  y repatriación de artículos culturales

CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITACIÓN

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For over a decade the UCTP has worked in collaboration with organizations such as the Tribal Link Foundation; International Indian Treaty Council, Project Access Indigenous Partnership, and others to provide training to community leaders at the international level. The skills learned can be applied to the national and local level advocacy.

Durante más de una década, la UCTP ha trabajado en colaboración con organizaciones como la Tribal Link Foundation; International Indian Treaty Council, Project Access Indigenous Partnership, y otras para impartir formación a líderes comunitarios a nivel internacional. Los conocimientos adquiridos pueden aplicarse a la defensa a escala nacional y local.

STANDARD SETTING
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE NORMAS 

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The UCTP participated in international advocacy toward the adoption of the United Nations and Organization of American States Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The UCTP continues to engage multi-stakeholder processes such as the UNFCCC; the  Sustainable Development Agenda; the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; raising the visibility of Taíno and other Indigenous Peoples.
 

La CUPT participó en la campaña internacional para la adopción de las Declaraciones de las Naciones Unidas y de la Organización de Estados Americanos sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. La CUPT sigue participando en procesos de múltiples actores, como la CMNUCC, la Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible y el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas, aumentando la visibilidad de los taínos y otros pueblos indígenas.

UCTP: SUBMISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL BODIES
CUPT: PRESENTACIONES A ORGANISMOS INTERNACIONALES

March 22, 2023

The following Declaration was issued by an international coalition of Indigenous Peoples organizations, including the United Confederation of Taíno People, to present to the United Nations Water Conference, March 2023. 
 

22 de marzo de 2023

La siguiente Declaración fue elaborada por una coalición internacional de organizaciones de Pueblos Indígenas, incluida la Confederación Unida de Pueblos Taínos, para presentarla en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Agua, en marzo de 2023.

August 11, 2022

A UCTP statement on Environmental Racism & Non-self-governing and Non-incorporated territories at the Informal Breakfast Meeting with the members. Presented by Tai Pelli. 

August 9, 2022

Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Periodic Review for the United States of America. NGO Briefing from: United Confederation of Taíno People – Indigenous Peoples of the
Caribbean – August 9th , 2022. Presented by Tai Pelli

August 2022

The UCTP's submission to the Committee on the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. This report follows up on the previous report of 2008.

July 10, 2022

Joint submission from the United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) and the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization (CADO) on the call for input on “Indigenous Peoples and the right to freedom of religion or belief – GA report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief”

UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

5/13/ 2016

UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

1/21/2016

UN COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION

6/20/2016

Special Committee decision of 22 June 2015 concerning Puerto Rico: hearing of petitioners, United Nations Headquarters Monday, 20 June (2 meetings)

UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

April 2010

January 23, 2008

Submission by the UCTP, CGTB, and CQM to the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR: CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM

May 22, 2008

INTERNATIONAL REPATRIATION
REPATRIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL

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CHRISTIE’S AUCTION HOUSE

It has come to our attention that Christie’s Auction House plans to auction off several Taíno artifacts in collaboration with Musee de l’Homme from the Fiore Art Collection on Nov. 10, 2021. The UCTP condemns these auction plans and demands a halt to the scheduled proceedings.

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