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CNAIS & CU Law Faculty Kristen Carpenter Appointed to UN Position

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:15:11 +0000

CNAIS & CU Law Faculty Kristen Carpenter Appointed to UN Position Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/28/2017 - 14:15

On March 24, 2017, at the conclusion of its 34th Session in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Kristen A. Carpenter as the North American member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Carpenter serves as Council Tree Professor of Law and associate dean for research at the University of Colorado Law School.

The Expert Mechanism is charged with providing expertise to the Human Right Council and advising states in achieving the aims of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples. Adopted by the General Assembly in 2007, the Declaration recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights to self-determination, equality, and non-discrimination, and calls on states to address indigenous peoples’ rights in realms ranging from natural resource development and land tenure to freedom of expression and personal safety from violence.

Carpenter will be one of seven regional members, joining human rights experts from Africa, Asia, the Arctic, Europe, South America, and the Pacific on the Expert Mechanism.

“I would like to acknowledge the generations of advocates who have advanced indigenous peoples’ concerns at the United Nations," said Carpenter. "It is because of their work that I now have the opportunity work with the other members of the Expert Mechanism and the Office of the High Commissioner toward realizing indigenous peoples’ rights. I hope especially to highlight the experiences and needs of traditional cultural practitioners, and to help to ensure a place for indigenous lifeways in the rapidly changing world around us.”

At Colorado Law, Carpenter teaches and writes in the areas of property, cultural property, federal Indian law, and indigenous peoples in international law. She has published several books and many articles on the rights of indigenous peoples, and has represented Indian tribes, individuals, and organizations in cases involving religious freedoms and child welfare.

"The expanded mandate of the Expert Mechanism provides an unprecedented opportunity to implement the aims of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” said Dean S. James Anaya, who previously served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “We support Professor Carpenter’s work toward fostering the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples around the world, and foresee high levels of educational opportunities for Colorado Law students to study human rights in domestic and international settings.”

Carpenter is also a CNAIS Core Faculty member and recently presented as part of the Indigenous Storytelling and Law Symposium.

For more information:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/EMRIPIndex.aspx

http://www.colorado.edu/law/academics/programs/indianlaw

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CNAIS Law Professors present at Indigenous Storytelling & Law Symposium

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:04:29 +0000

CNAIS Law Professors present at Indigenous Storytelling & Law Symposium Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/15/2017 - 13:04

American Indian Law Professors to Present at Indigenous Storytelling and Law Symposium

On March 17-18, Dean S. James Anaya and University of Colorado Law School professors will participate in an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies exploring ways in which indigenous narratives are spoken, heard, and acted upon in legal settings.

Throughout the two-day event, experts in American Indian law across academia, Indian tribes, law firms, and activist groups will focus on these guiding questions:

What does it mean for law to solicit Native testimony?
Who tells such stories, with what authority, and with what protections and possible consequences?
How do traditions and stories get reshaped in legal contexts? How might storytelling challenge law?

The symposium will close with a special session, “Indian Country and the Trump Administration: Law, Policy, and Activism,” featuring Dean S. James Anaya and professors Kristen Carpenter, Rick Collins, Carla Fredericks, Sarah Krakoff, and Charles Wilkinson on Saturday, March 18, 3:45-5:30 p.m., in Wittemyer Courtroom.

They will be joined by Troy Eid and Jennifer Weddle, shareholders at Greenberg Traurig, LLP and co-chairs of the firm’s American Indian law practice group; Maymangwa Flying Earth, attorney advisor for the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Small Business Administration; and Theresa Halsey, producer and host of KGNU Community Radio’s Indian Voices.

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CNAIS Faculty Offers Rafting and Law Course

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:08:33 +0000

CNAIS Faculty Offers Rafting and Law Course Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:08

CNAIS faculty and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law Sarah Krakoff will be teaching a seminar focusing on the law and policy affecting the Colorado River. Krakoff's legal specialty concentrates on American Indian law, natural resources and public land law, and environmental justice. The course she offers will be meeting with several organizations aimed at advocating concerns about the river such as tribal interests, conservation protection, and endangered species.

An interactive and enticing course, The Law of the Colorado River, also takes law students on a two-week rafting experience for a significant portion of the seminar. The interdisciplinary seminar will showcase different instructors of several fields of study, such as: conservation biology, climate science, anthropology, geology, and hydrology.

“The reason I wanted to do this class and include rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is because you can trace almost every natural resource, environmental and social justice issue that affects our region—from the Rocky Mountains to California—to issues that affect the river.” -Sarah Krakoff

Funding for this seminar requires that the students reach their goal of $40,000. Take a look at their crowdfunding project.

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Dean Anaya meets with UN General Assembly President

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:07:53 +0000

Dean Anaya meets with UN General Assembly President Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/11/2016 - 16:07

PICTURED (L-R): Dean Anaya; President of General Assembly Peter Thomson of Fiji; Ambassador Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee of Ghana; Ambassador Kai Sauer of Finland. Photo credit: CU Law

CU Law School Dean James Anaya was recently in the news for his meeting with U.N. General Assembly President, Peter Thomson. Prior to coming to CU Law, he served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from May 2008 to June 2014. Dean Anaya is also a CNAIS Core Faculty member.

On October 3, 2016, Dean S. James Anaya met at the United Nations in New York with the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Peter Thomson of Fiji. Thomson appointed Anaya as an advisor to assist with developing a new observer status for indigenous peoples at the U.N., along with Ambassador Kai Sauer of Finland, Ambassador Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee of Ghana, and Claire Charters from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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