Capacity Building and Standard Setting // Capacitación y Establecimiento de Normas
Issue areas: Human Rights; Sustainable Development; Information Society; Food Security; Environmental Health; Sacred Sites & Cultural Item Repatriation
Áreas temáticas: Derechos Humanos; Desarrollo Sostenible; Sociedad de Información; Seguridad Alimentaria; Salud Ambiental; Sitios Sagrados y repatriación de artículos culturales
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITACIÓN

For over a decade the UCTP has worked in collaboration with organizations such as the Tribal Link Foundation; International Indian Treaty Council, Project Access Indigenous Partnership, and others to provide training to community leaders at the international level. The skills learned can be applied to the national and local level advocacy.
Durante más de una década, la UCTP ha trabajado en colaboración con organizaciones como la Tribal Link Foundation; International Indian Treaty Council, Project Access Indigenous Partnership, y otras para impartir formación a líderes comunitarios a nivel internacional. Los conocimientos adquiridos pueden aplicarse a la defensa a escala nacional y local.
STANDARD SETTING
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE NORMAS

The UCTP participated in international advocacy toward the adoption of the United Nations and Organization of American States Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The UCTP continues to engage multi-stakeholder processes such as the UNFCCC; the Sustainable Development Agenda; the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; raising the visibility of Taíno and other Indigenous Peoples.
La CUPT participó en la campaña internacional para la adopción de las Declaraciones de las Naciones Unidas y de la Organización de Estados Americanos sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. La CUPT sigue participando en procesos de múltiples actores, como la CMNUCC, la Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible y el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas, aumentando la visibilidad de los taínos y otros pueblos indígenas.
UCTP: SUBMISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL BODIES
CUPT: PRESENTACIONES A ORGANISMOS INTERNACIONALES
June 24, 2026
Presentation on Indigenous Peoples and Data Sovereignty for the CSIPM: An Indigenous Reality and Perspective on Data Sovereignty & Governance and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” Presenter Tai Pelli, International Indian Treaty Council & United Confederation of Taino People.
24 de abril de 2026
Item de agenda #4 - Seis áreas del mandato del Foro Permanente (desarrollo económico y social, cultura, medio ambiente, educación, salud y derechos
humanos). Presentado por: Ana-María Colberg
April 21 2026
Agenda item #3 - Discussion on the theme "Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’Health, including in the context of conflict”. Presented By: Migdalia Ma Pellicier
23 de abril de 2025
Item 5(g), The rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of critical minerals to ensure a just transition.
Presentado por: Mery Jane Ynfante
March 2025
A submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the 60th Session Human Rights Council Report. Subject:Recognition of Indigenous Peoples.
April 25th, 2025
Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health, and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Presenter: Dr. Lizette Rivera
April 2024
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues. Intervention presented by Roberto Múkaro Borrero as a joint
statement of the United Confederation of Taino People; the International Indian Treaty Council; and Project Access Indigenous Partnership.
April 2023
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues. Presented by R. Borrero
March 22, 2023
The following Declaration was issued by an international coalition of Indigenous Peoples organizations, including the United Confederation of Taíno People, to present to the United Nations Water Conference, March 2023.
22 de marzo de 2023
La siguiente Declaración fue elaborada por una coalición internacional de organizaciones de Pueblos Indígenas, incluida la Confederación Unida de Pueblos Taínos, para presentarla en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Agua, en marzo de 2023.
August 11, 2022
A UCTP statement on Environmental Racism & Non-self-governing and Non-incorporated territories at the Informal Breakfast Meeting with the members. Presented by Tai Pelli.
August 9, 2022
Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Periodic Review for the United States of America. NGO Briefing from: United Confederation of Taíno People – Indigenous Peoples of the
Caribbean – August 9th , 2022. Presented by Tai Pelli
August 2022
The UCTP's submission to the Committee on the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. This report follows up on the previous report of 2008.
July 10, 2022
Joint submission from the United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) and the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization (CADO) on the call for input on “Indigenous Peoples and the right to freedom of religion or belief – GA report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief”
UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
April 27, 2022; 21st Session
UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
April 25, 2022; 21st Session
TESTIMONY TO THE UN SRRIP
19 de abril de 2022
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
6/19/2020
FORO PERMANENTE SOBRE LAS CUESTIONES INDIGENAS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS
23 de abril de 2019
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
19 de abril de 2018
UN COMMITTEE ON FOOD SECURITY CIVIL SOCIETY MECHANISM
August 1, 2017
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
5/13/ 2016
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
1/21/2016
UN COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION
6/20/2016
Special Committee decision of 22 June 2015 concerning Puerto Rico: hearing of petitioners, United Nations Headquarters Monday, 20 June (2 meetings)
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
May 2014
FORO PERMANENTE DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LAS CUESTIONES INDÍGENAS
29 de mayo de 2013
OPEN-ENDED AD HOC INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL
June 2011
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
April 2010
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
09/30/2009
January 23, 2008
Submission by the UCTP, CGTB, and CQM to the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR: CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM
May 22, 2008
PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
10 January 2008
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
25 May 2006
UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
12/5/2005
UN SECOND INTERNATIONAL DECADE, PROGRAM OF ACTION
11/30/2005

