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Nation State:
Mexico
Language(s): English / Spanish
UN Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
RODOLFO STAVENHAGEN ... is a Mexican
sociologist. He is a professor-researcher at El Colegio de México, a
former Deputy Director General of UNESCO, and the current United Nations
Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental
freedoms of indigenous people. He was appointed to this position by the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2001 through Resolution
2001/57.
Source: accessed April 2, 2007
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
CV - El Colegio de México [in Spanish]
Dialogue between:
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Igorot, Philippines
Mililani Trask, Kanaka Maoli, Sovereign Nation of Hawai'i, USA
Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Mexico
This dialogue presents an overview of a recent visit which was conducted
by the Special UN Rapporteur for the fundamental freedoms and human rights
of indigenous peoples - he came to do a mission in the Philippines last
December 1 - 11, 2002 and in this visit of the special Rapporteur,
Tebtebba and various other Indigenous Peoples' organizations and NGO's in
the Philippines helped organize his visit to the communities.
Transcript
Documents and reports - Visit to the Philippines by Professor Rodolfo
Stavenhagen, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
Additional links for Rodolfo Stavenhagen on this site:
Appeal
for adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
Indigenous Peoples and Health: A Briefing Paper For The Permanent Forum On
Indigenous Issues Prepared by the Committee on Indigenous Health
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, First Session, 13-24 May 2002, New
York Item 6 of the provisional agenda
Report of the Chair of the Working Group to prepare the proposed American
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations
Rodolfo Stavenhagen, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous People Recommends that
mechanisms should be created to include indigenous populations in the
drafting of international legal instruments.
First Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; UN, New York,
May 13, 2002; Speech/Discurso - in Spanish
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