Human Rights in North East India: Development at UN in Geneva

The program will be organised by Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE), an Indigenous Peoples NGO in Special Consultative Relations with ECOSOC of United Nations, and Co-Hosted by Indraprastha Public Affairs Centre (IPAC). Both are constituent members of the Coalition on Environment and Natural Resources (CENRs) which was set up in November 2012 to focus on development issues that have direct and indirect impacts on indigenous people’s rights. The coalition focuses on three main areas: Indigenous Peoples Rights and Natural Resources; Extractives and its implications on sustainable socio-economic development; and Women and Extractive Industries in the North-East Region of India.
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