UNPFII Twenty-First Session: 25 April-6 May 2022

Press Release

Theme: “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.

Date: 25 April-6 May 2022.

Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Online pre-registration for the 2022 session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will open soon. Opportunities for in-person participation have not yet been determined. Note that pre-registration is required for all in-person and online attendees. Note that all open meetings of the Forum will be streamed online at webtv.un.org.

Preparations

International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence, including free, prior and informed consent, 6-10 December 2021

The Indigenous Peoples in Development Branch within the Division of Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized the international expert group meeting on a theme “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence, including free, prior and informed consent” recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council.

Questionnaires:

Questionnaire to UN Funds, Agencies, Programmes and Intergovernmental Organisations

Virtual regional dialogues

In 2021, the Permanent Forum committed to facilitating informal online regional dialogues on autonomy and self-governance to support the development of guiding principles for the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples to autonomy and self-government. The Permanent Forum also invited the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous People’s Issues to participate in the organization of these regional dialogues and in the preparation of a discussion paper on this matter to be presented at the twenty-first session of the Forum. The Forum invited the cooperation of the Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples to encourage the active participation of Member States in this endeavor.

This initiative builds upon the work and concepts explored at an international expert meeting organized by UNDESA in January 2018 on the theme of sustainable development in the territories of indigenous peoples in the context of Article 4 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

In preparation for the 2022 session, the Permanent Forum will organize a series of regional dialogues on this matter in each of the seven socio-cultural regions of the world.

The overarching goal of the regional dialogues is aimed at advancing the development of guiding principles for the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights to autonomy and self-government

Central and South America and the Caribbean: 19 October 2021
Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia: 20 October 2021
Asia: 17 December 2021
North America: 4 February 2022
Arctic: 3 February 2022 (check webpage for your time zone)
Africa: TBC
The Pacific: 14 & 15 February 2022 (check webpage for your time zone)

Provisional agenda

E/C.19/2022/1 Provisional Agenda AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Election of officers.
Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
Discussion on the theme “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence, including free, prior and informed consent”.
Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Dialogues:
(a) Dialogue with indigenous peoples;
(b) Dialogue with Member States;
(c) Dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;
(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
(e) Regional dialogues: Indigenous peoples and pandemic recovery;
(f) Thematic dialogues: International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022–2032.
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues.
Provisional agenda of the twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum.
Adoption of the report.

Programme of work

E/C.19/2022/L.1 Proposed organization of work AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Documents

Submitted by the Secretariat of the UNPFII:

E/C.19/2022/1 Provisional Agenda AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/L.1 Proposed organization of work AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/2 Update on Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/6 International Expert Group Meeting on the Theme “Indigenous Peoples, Business, Autonomy and the Human Rights Principles of Due Diligence, including Free, Prior and Informed Consent” : Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/5 International Decade of Indigenous Languages, 2022-2032: Global Action Plan: Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/4 Update on the Promotion and Application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Violence against Children: Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/3 System-wide action plan for ensuring a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: implementation by the United Nations system: Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Submitted by Members of the UNPFII:

E/C.19/2022/10 Use of Indigenous Languages in Formal Education Systems in Latin America, Southern Africa and Northern Eurasia by Sven-Erik Soosaar, Irma Pineda Santiago and Bornface Museke Mate AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/8 Collective Intellectual Property and the Appropriation of the Ideas and Creations of Indigenous Peoples by Irma Pineda Santiago and Simón Freddy Condo Riveros AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/7 Indigenous peoples and resource conflicts in the Sahel and in the Congo Basin by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Vital Bambanze AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2022/9 The rights of indigenous peoples in relation to the global energy mix by Darío José Mejía Montalvo AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Responses to the questionnaire submitted by the UN system and other Inter-governmental organizations:

UN Women: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UN ECLAC: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
FAO: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
FILAC: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
IFAD: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
ILO: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
ITU: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
OHCHR: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
OSAPG: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
SCBD: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
SRSG VAC: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UN HABITAT: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNAIDS: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNDP: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNESCO: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNFCCC: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNFPA: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNHCR: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNICEF: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UNITAR: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
WBG: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
WFP: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
WIPO: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
DGC: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Online Registration

Online pre-registration for the 2022 session of the Permanent Forum is open. In-person participation will be possible. There is a pre-registration limit of 3 individuals per each organization. Pre-registration is required for all in-person and online attendees. Note that all open meetings of the Forum will be streamed online at webtv.un.org. Prior to online registration, please review the following:

For IPOs, academics and NGOs with ECOSOC status that have participated at previous sessions:

First, review and update the contact details for your organization in our integrated Civil Society Organizations (iCSO) System:
Register by 11 April 2022: https://indico.un.org/e/unpfii21

For New IPOs and Academics participating for the first time at a session of the Permanent Forum

First, read carefully our participation guide. You must create a new profile in our integrated Civil Society Organizations (iCSO) System.
Participation Guide for New NGOs and Academics:
Deadline for online application for approval: 1 April 2022.

Please contact us at: indigenous_un@un.org for questions related to your participation.

Side Events

Due to the global pandemic there will be no in-person side events during the 2022 session of the Permanent Forum. All side events will be online.
The United Nations does not offer a platform or interpretation support for the side events. Side event organizers are responsible for organizing all elements of their events.
The United Nations will prepare a list of all side events that will post on the official 2022 session page.
Please fill in this form once you have all the required information and avoid changes.
Please fill the form to ensure that your event is included in the list of side events.
Note that at least one of the organizers must be registered to attend the 2022 session of the Permanent Forum.

Fill out the side events online form for the 2022 session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

The organizations of the United Nations system are committed to enabling events at which everyone can participate in an inclusive, respectful and safe environment. All participants of the session of the Forum, and any contributions they make, must comply with the United Nations Code of Conduct.

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