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Oliver Loode (born March 19, 1974, in Tallinn) is an Estonian human rights activist[1] of the international Finno-Ugric movement[2] and Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) for the term 2014–2016.[3]
Career
editIn 2011–2013 Oliver Loode represented Estonia in the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN). During that period he was one of the initiators of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture programme. In 2013–2015, Loode was board member of NPO Fenno-Ugria. Since 2014, Oliver Loode serves as Expert Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), nominated by Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In April 2015 Loode was appointed as vice-chair of the 14th Session of UNPFII.[4][5]
In 2018 Loode received a 55-year ban from entering Russia, possibly due to his activism in Crimea.[2]
Education
editOliver Loode graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics degree (Magna Cum Laude).[4]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Press, Olena Makarenko/Euromaidan. "76 years after deportation, Crimean Tatars are again being erased from history in Crimea". The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b ERR, BNS | (2018-12-21). "Finno-Ugric movement activist banned from entering Russia for 55 years". ERR. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Website of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)".
- ^ a b https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/member_loode.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Eesti ekspert valiti ÜRO põlisrahvaste püsifoorumi 14. istungi aseesimeheks Press release by Foreign Ministry of Estonia, April 29, 2015
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