Natural Justice's Lesle Jansen is currently attending a two-day consultation and dialogue organised in Tunisia by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP), with its civil societies in the North African region, around the issue of
indigenous peoples.
The seminar is aimed at gathering information on the situation of
indigenous communities in the sub-region, and sensitising them around the legal
and institutional frameworks in place – both at the international and regional
levels - for the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples’ rights.
The seminar objectives are to:
- Sensitise stakeholders in North Africa about the Working Group’s approach to the issue of the rights of indigenous populations;
- Analyze the main problems faced by indigenous populations in North Africa; and reflect towards their resolution; and
- Identify the principal tenets of a strategy for better collaboration between the Working Group, civil society, and indigenous communities in North Africa.
