The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, an indigenous Filipina activist, as its new Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, according to a report by Tebtebba, the NGO she founded.
Tebtebba, the Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, said the selection of Tauli-Corpuz, which the UN has not released, has been confirmed by UN Human Rights Council President Boudelaire Ndong Ella and will be formally announced on March 28.
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Press release from the Maori Party congratulating Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on this appointment here.
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