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Black Hills woman in Geneva fighting for human rights for indigenous peoples

AP Wire | 03/13/2005 | Black Hills woman overseas fighting for human rights

A Black Hills woman, Charmain White Face, is in Geneva lobbying for the ratification of the Draft Declaration on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. According to the article, this draft instrument, if approved on April 11 would go to the UN Economic & Social Council before heading to the UN General Assembly.

Way back in the day...1997-1998 I discovered the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Groups which compelled me to compile some research on the relationship between missionaries and anthropologists, which compelled me to write a little research paper on the missionary responsibility to human rights for my gospel and culture class at Biola. This was back when the International Justice Mission was just getting started.

Currently the UN Commission on Human Rights is in its 61st session. I've been trying to get an XML feed of the recent documents from this session on the side of this site here using the MTGetXML plugin that I use to display my del.icio.us links, but it ain't working for this feed for a reason that currently alludes me. The Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is one of the items up for discussion. That's why this woman mentioned in the article above is in Geneva.