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▪ Seminar on the Mechanisms for the
Participation of Indigenous Peoples in the OAS and Training
Workshop on the Inter-American System for the Protection of
Human Rights (Washington DC, 2010)
The OAS Department of International Law, Executive Secretariat
of IACHR, the Secretariat for External Relations and the
Secretariat of the Summits of the Americas jointly organized the
“Seminar on the Mechanisms for the Participation of Indigenous
Peoples in the Organization of American States”. The event was
held at the OAS General Secretariat headquarters in Washington
D.C., from June 22nd to 24th, 2010.
Around 60 people attended the 3 day event. The organizers
financed the participation of 27 representatives from the
following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Uruguay. In
addition, representatives from the Indigenous Leaders Summit of
the Americas (ILSA) and from the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues also participated in the Seminar.
The first day of the event was dedicated to the Training
Workshop on the Human Rights of the Indigenous Peoples. On the
second day of the event, the OAS General Secretariat presented
the activities and the projects related to indigenous peoples.
Finally, on the third day of the event, the indigenous
representatives presented their proposals.
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