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Date Title Publishing Organization Country PDF Protected Area Involved
Jan. 10, 2017 UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing - Mission to India Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living India
Dec. 27, 2016 Aorani people and members of the Tagaeri and Taromenane indigenous peoples Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas Ecuador Yasuní National Park
Oct. 3, 2016 CERD Early Warning/Urgent Action and Follow Up Procedures (EW/UA) Thailand Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Thailand Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
Oct. 3, 2016 UK - Forcible eviction of Chagossians from Diego Garcia Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination United Kingdom Chagos Marine Protected Area (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Sept. 16, 2016 Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas - Tanzania Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas Tanzania Ngorongoro Conservation Area , Loliondo Game Controlled Area, Sukenya farm, Sukenya and Mondorosi and the US company Thomson Safaris
July 29, 2016 Conservation and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Global
July 29, 2016 UNSRRIP Report on the rights of indigenous peoples (Conservation and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Global
July 21, 2016 UNSRRIP Country Visit to Honduras - Legal reforms or amendments to the law should be made in consultation with the indigenous peoples Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Honduras
July 8, 2016 Gabon - Children’s Rights and the Environment Committee on the Rights of the Child Gabon
June 10, 2016 Rwanda - Concerning the Eviction of the Batwa From the Forest Lands Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Rwanda
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