by Cassandra Elliott | Aug 9, 2025 | 2025, Press Releases
August 9th, 2025, Geneza, Switzerland – The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is in Geneva for the INC 5.2 session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) on a legally binding global treaty on...
by Cassandra Elliott | Jul 21, 2025 | 2025, News, Press Releases
July 14-18, 2025— Geneva, Switzerland—Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) participated in the 18th Session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) held 14-18 July 2025 in Geneva. This session brought global focus to the...
by Cassandra Elliott | Jul 9, 2025 | 2025, Press Releases
9 July, 2025—London, England—In 2021, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was the first and remains the only Indigenous Peoples Organization to gain provisional consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This achievement marked the...
by Cassandra Elliott | May 12, 2025 | 2025, News, Press Releases
12 May 2025 – Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) participated in the 14th Arctic Council Meeting held in Romsa-Tromsø, Norway. As a founding member and Permanent Participant representing approximately 180,000 Inuit across Alaska, Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), and...
by Cassandra Elliott | May 12, 2025 | 2025, News, Press Releases
14th Meeting of the Arctic CouncilRomsa (Tromsø), Sápmi, NorwayMay 12th, 2025Statement by Inuit Circumpolar CouncilDelivered by ICC Chair Sara Olsvig Qujanaq – Giitu, Mr. Chair Excellences, colleagues – ikinngutit, friends. It is a pleasure to be here in Romsa...