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ICC is the body that represents all Inuit from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka on matters of international importance.
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ICC was founded in 1977 when Inupiaq Eben Hopson invited to Barrow, Alaska numerous other Inuit to discuss ways in which a common response could be developed to address increasing attacks on the Inuit way of life, environment, and human rights that were initiated by industry, states, and others with interests in the Arctic.
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ICC CALLS FOR INUIT DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL ECONOMIES AT UN EXPERT MECHANISM
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...
A Historic First: ICC Gains Permanent Status at The International Maritime Organization
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...
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ICC Now
Welcome to the “ICC Now”!
In this video you will see an example of what the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has been working on since the 13th General Assembly that was held in Utqiaġvik, Alaska in July 2018. ICC has been working on implementing the Utqiaġvik Declaration, which builds on the work ICC has accomplished over the past four decades.
We are proud that this video was produced in the Arctic, and grateful to Environment Funders Canada for funding this important project.
Founder of ICC – Eben Hopson
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