The Nitrogen revolution in Fryslan
I want to briefly raise an issue very relevant to the topic of development and human rights. The Dutch government has recently launched a new agricultural policy, whereby the provinces…
Interview as General Secretary of CONIFA
The secretary of the Football Association West Papua, Jeroen Zandberg, was elected as CONIFA’s new General Secretary on 7 August 2022. Sophia Bunga-Sapioper interviews him about his new position. You…
Participation at the United Nations EMRIP
On 4 to 8 July 2022, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) held its 15th session in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s edition was:…
Statement to the EMRIP on the Rehoboth Basters
Distinguished guests, I wish to describe the situation of the Rehoboth Basters. The Rehoboth Basters are a community of approximately fifty-thousand people who mostly reside in their traditional lands in…
Statement to the EMRIP on the Frisian language
Distinguished members, I want to give a brief presentation on the situation of an indigenous language in northwestern Europe, namely Frisian. Frisian used to be a language that was spoken…
Future prospects for West Papua
On 1 July 2022, a conference to celebrate the independence declaration of West Papua of 1 July 1971 was held in The Hague, Mr. Jeroen Zandberg made the following speech…
Minority rights and mineral extraction for the global energy transition in West Papua
On 14 and 15 June 2022 the United Nations Special Rapporteur and the Tom Lantos Institute organised the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Minority Issues. The event was held online. “The…
The linguistic situation of the Frisian minority
On 3 May 2022, Mr. Zandberg made a statement to the Europe-Central Asia Regional Forum in Vienna about an issue that affects the Frisian minority in the Netherlands. Distinguished guests,…
Participation in the European-Central Asia Regional Forum 2022
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, the Tom Lantos Institute and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna organised the European-Central Asia Regional Forum on 2 and 3 May 2022,…
Statement about the Cham issue to the European-Central Asia Regional Forum
“The Europe-Central Asia Regional Forum will provide regional insights, which will feed into the thematic work of the Special Rapporteur for his report to the 52nd session of the UN…