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Charter  (Full version  PDF)

ACSILs UN Activities 2024

• [April 2023] ACSILs participated in the 22nd United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII22), presented a statement (movie), and hold a side event at the UN. ACSILs also participated in a workshop at New York University.

◆ PDF (English) : ACSILs Statement @ UNPFII22 (2023)   /   ◆ PDF (ヤマト口) : ACSILs Statement @ UNPFII22 (2023)

◆ PDF (English) : ACSILs Side Event @ UNPFII22(2023) <Life of Water, Colonialism and Planetary Health: the case of PFAS contamination in Ryukyu/Okinawa>

◆ Site (English) : ＠NYU <Critical indigenities and the UN: Parallax Visions of the Ryukyus>

◆ ACSILs Statement and Call to Action (2022.06.02)

All Ryukyuans! Hiyamikichi Ukiri!

- On the occasion of 150 years of colonization (so-called "Ryukyu Disposition")  and 50 years of re-colonization (so-called "Reversion") -

◆ ACSILs UN Activities (2022)

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• [July 13, 2022] ACSILs submitted a UPR (Universal Periodic Review) Report (42nd Session) to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the Office of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

   * PDF (English): ★ACSILs_UPR42_JPN_E_Main (submitted in 2022.07.13) 

      Related Document Website: UPR Sessions @ UN

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• [July 04-08, 2022] ACSILs participated in < 15th session of the EMRIP (Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) > and submitted and presented statements.

   * Handout on the day of the ACSILs UN Activities 2022 Briefing Session (2022.07.16) (PDF in Yamato-guchi)

      Related website：15th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• Related Video Material (ACSILs UN Activities @ EMRIP 2022)

• 1st Meeting, 15th Session, EMRIP 2022 07 04　https://youtu.be/UUo-jV3WUMg

• 4th Meeting, 15th Session, EMRIP 2022 07 05　https://youtu.be/tPBY87NXTC8

• 5th Meeting, 15th Session, EMRIP 2022 07 06　https://youtu.be/icvZXxv7yJ0

• 6th Meeting, 15th Session, EMRIP 2022 07 06　https://youtu.be/znffZmXqHok

• Original Source @ UNTV　https://media.un.org/en/search/?q=15th+Session%2C+Expert+Mechanism+on+the+Rights+of+Indigenous+Peoples+%28EMRIP%29&sort-by=relevance

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• [May 18, 2022]  ACSILs submitted a report to and had a dialogue with < the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights Dr. Marcos Orellana >.

   * PDF (English) : ★UN, Special Rapporteur on Toxics (ACSILs-2022.05.18)

      Related site : International Indian Treaty Council

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• [April 29, 2022]  ACSILs  has joined < the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII2022) > and issued a statement.

   * PDF (English) : ACSILs' Statement at UNPFII 2022_(2022.04.29)

      Related material (1) : Interview
      Related material (2) : movie

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• [January 11, 2022, July 2022]  ACSILs submitted a report to <the  UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)> (July 2022) We will participate in the EMRIP meeting (@ UN Headquarters in Geneva) in July.

   * PDF (English) : A report by ACSILs for <UN, EMRIP> on the militarization of indigenous land - a human rights focus  (July 2022)
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◆ ACSILs Statement @ the Unied Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - 17th session

• 19 Apr 2018 - Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Item 4
  ・Movie @ the UN
  ・ACSILs / Fujika Ariarakawa 11:30 - 14:30
  ・Japan 20:56 - 23:07

• 18 Apr 2018 - Indigenous Human Rights Defenders and Land Rights in Asia - Indigenous Media Zone
  ・Movie @ the UN
  ・Jill Carino, Philippines
  ・Shinako Oyakawa, Lew Chew (Ryukyu)
  ・Galus Ahtoi, Malaysia
  ・Moderated by Gam A. Shimray, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
  
  

◆ ACSILs’ Message on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (11 November 2017) - Original Version (English)

◆ A report by ACSILs for Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),  United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
(Submitted on 22 March 2017)

• Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 28th Session (6-17 November 2017),  Stakeholders’ Submission on: Human Rights Situation in Japan
  Related Sites @ the UN
  *UN OHCHR / Universal Periodic Review - Japan
  *UN OHCHR / Universal Periodic Review Third Cycle - Japan - Reference Documents / Contributions for the Summary of Stakeholder's information

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How to Join ACSILs
* Please kindly note that membership is limited to Ryukyuan peoples who trace their ethnic roots to the islands of the Ryukyus and who aspire after independence of Ryukyu.
* Annual membership fee is free.

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About ACSILs

• Charter (PDF)

• Executive Committee (Co-representative)　→　OYAKAWA Shinako, TOBARU Kazuhiko, TOMOCHI Masaki, HIYAGON Ricardo, SHIMABUKU Maria

• Contact

• Address: #5517, 2-6-1 Ginowan, Ginowan city, Ryukyu (Okinawa) 901-2701  (Japan)

• TEL：+81-50-3528-8140  <--- NEW!!!

• Email: info@acsils.org

Publications   ＜ ISSN 2758-0164 ＞

• CSILC 01  (2014)　Download PDF  (134 pages, 2.2 MB)

• CSILC 02  (2015)　Download PDF  (162 pages, 83.0 MB)

• CSILC 03  (2016)　Download PDF  (134 pages, 51.8 MB)

• CSILC 04  (2017)　Download PDF  (118 pages, 52.4 MB)

• CSILC 05  (2022)　Download PDF  (122 pages, 12.6 MB)

• CSILC 06  (2023)　Download PDF  (205 pages, 26.7 MB)

Academic Meetings

Events & Symposium