Year: 2024
Explorations Unveiling Nature’s Secrets
Santa María Ostula: from violence and dispossession to the defense of the territory
Santa María Ostula: from violence and dispossession to the defense of the territory Pedro Mercado, a 23-year-old member of the indigenous Nahua community in Ostula, like many youth in his community, is heir to the struggles of his..
Tigers, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Tigers, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Behind India’s active conservation and revival of the dwindling tiger population, issues and cases of reported anomalies, irregularities, and blatant violation of rights, custodial violence, torture, slapping of false cases on Indigenous..
A Call for Effective and Genuine Consultations on the Revised FPIC Guidelines
Under siege: the lives of indigenous peoples who are stewards of natural resources
April 16, 2024. Indigenous peoples have faced multiple waves of colonization and dispossession of their lands and natural resources. Mining, dams, biodiversity and now carbon markets are the driving force behind the attacks, said indigenous representatives who met..
Under Siege: Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous Peoples and the Earth
April 19, 2024. The Peoples’ Forum hosted indigenous activists and lawyers to discuss how to confront the model that privatizes profits and socializes costs. “And indigenous peoples are at the forefront of that struggle,” the organizers summarized. ..
Energy transition: it is not enough to be called “green”, it must be fair and respect the rights of indigenous peoples.
April 18, 2024. Faced with the lack of justice, social equity and sustainability in the current approach to energy transition, a group of 87 indigenous representatives from 35 countries met to set out their concerns and demands for..
Revised OECD guidelines, a tool for the defense of indigenous peoples’ territories
April 15, 2024. In order to reflect on and share how the updated OECD Guidelines for Business and Human Rights can serve indigenous peoples, indigenous advocates and activists held a side event during the 23rd. Session of the..
Criminalization, a matter of life and death for indigenous peoples
April 16, 2024. Given that criminalization against indigenous peoples is a global threat, representatives of various indigenous peoples gathered at the 23rd session of the UNPFII to analyze this threat and propose ways to address it. Joan..
