[hr-education-na] Lecture on "Indigenous Peoples and the Creation of an Inclusive International Legal System" (NYC, Jan 14, 2004)

LECTURE TOMORROW:

John Scott, Secretariat for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at
the United Nations

on

"Indigenous Peoples and the Creation of an Inclusive International
Legal System"

WHEN:
Wednesday, January 14, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM

WHERE:
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
170 East 64th Street (between Lexington and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY, 10021

RSVP to mstoffregen@cceia.org or (212) 838-4120 x233


DETAILS:
The Human Rights Initiative is pleased to invite you to a lecture on
"Indigenous Peoples and the Creation of an Inclusive International Legal
System" with John Scott.  Mr. Scott, a descendant of the Iningai people
of Australia, recently established the Secretariat for the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations.

Mr. Scott will provide an overview of the evolution of indigenous
rights in international law and will examine the tensions between legal
systems (both national and international) based on individual rights and
the legal reform needed to recognized collective rights.  He will also
discuss the relationship between indigenous rights and cultural rights,
reflecting on new developments such as the recent UNESCO Declaration on
Cultural Diversity, the work of World Intellectual Property Organization
and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Mr. Scott's work focuses on a rights-based approach to social justice
for aboriginal and indigenous peoples.  He has worked as a high school
teacher, an Aboriginal education advisor, an Indigenous policy officer,
a university lecturer and a senior manager at the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission. He has a particular interest in
bio-diversity and the protection of traditional knowledge. In 2001 he
accepted a position as Indigenous human rights officer with the office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, where he was charged with
establishing the Permanent Forum for Indigenous peoples at the United
Nations. In 2002, he was appointed the first Indigenous Secretary to the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations at the 20th Anniversary Session,
and in 2003, he joined the United Nations Department of Social and
Economic Affairs to establish the Secretariat for the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, where he is second in charge.

Please RSVP to Morgan Stoffregen at <mstoffregen@cceia.org>, or call
(212) 838-4120.



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