Inside the 3-Hour HRC60 Battle Over 1 Indigenous Participation Paragraph

What happened during the second reading on OP15-OP15 quat, and my attempt to prevent States from selectively interpreting their own report.

3 hours. That’s how long we spent on operational paragraph 15 - 15 quat during the second reading of the Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples resolution.

My instructions were crystal clear: Defend the joint report as a holistic document. Don’t allow selective interpretation. Don’t let Indigenous rights or principles get negotiated principle by principle.

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