First published on 07/11/2014, and last updated on 06/01/2016
This session of EMRIP included a continuation of the previous year’s thematic study on access to justice, with a focus on Indigenous women, children, and persons with disabilities, as well as a new thematic study on disaster risk reduction. Overall, two key points to note were: a) the multiple references to environmental issues (a notable shift over the past few sessions of EMRIP), and b) a more nuanced look at the special rights and types of marginalisation of groups within Indigenous peoples (women, youth and children, and persons with disabilities). ICCA Consortium members IPACC and Natural Justice made a joint statement on the role of ICCAs in climate change mitigation and adaptation and prevention of disasters, several points of which were taken on board in the final Expert Mechanism Advice No. 7 adopted by the Human Rights Council. In addition, Natural Justice and the Consortium co-hosted a side event on access to justice, UNDRIP, and ICCAs with several speakers from the Consortium membership.
