9 AUGUST 2022: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is celebrated with events around the world. The Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in response to Indigenous Peoples’ advocacy and was first marked in 1994. The date was selected to honor 9 August 1982, the first day of the very first UN human rights body established to deal with Indigenous Peoples rights, i.e. the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. This Working Group worked tirelessly with the Indigenous Peoples' movement and laid down the groundwork for the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on September 13th, 2007.

The International Day observance will take place online on Tuesday, 9 August 2022 from 9:00 am to 11 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). This year’s theme is The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge

For more information, see the website of the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.