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Date Title Publishing Organization Country PDF Protected Area Involved
Aug. 4, 2017 CESCR Concluding Observations - Cultural Rights - Sri Lanka Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Sri Lanka
July 24, 2017 CEDAW Concluding Observations - Indigenous Women's Right to Land and Natural Resources - Thailand Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Thailand
July 24, 2017 CEDAW Concluding Observations - Lack of Consultations with Indigenous Women - Costa Rica Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Costa Rica
July 10, 2017 Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas - Guatemala Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas Guatemala Maya Biosphere Reserve , Laguna del Tigre National Park
June 17, 2017 UNSR on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association - USA Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association United States of America
June 8, 2017 CERD Concluding Observations - Situation of indigenous peoples in Kenya Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Kenya Mau Forest Complex , Embobut Forest
May 26, 2017 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Kenya (2017) African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples Rights Kenya Mau Forest Complex
May 5, 2017 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Report on the sixteenth session Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Global, Kenya Cherang'any Hills
April 27, 2017 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Report on the seventeenth session Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Global
Jan. 19, 2017 Human rights obligations relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment - former Independent Expert on human rights and the environment Global
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