ACHPR 87: Oral Statement on Human Rights in Africa Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa 87th Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 11-20th May 2026, Banjul, Gambia Honourable Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Members of..
Stewards turned into encroachers. LDSF protecting Indigenous communities criminalized for defending land, forests, and collective survival “Custodians were turned into trespassers.” For the Ogiek Indigenous Peoples in Kenya, the phrase reflects a painful reality. After winning a..
Indigenous Peoples and the Just Transition: Lessons from the South–South Learning Exchange in Nepal The Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepal’s Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) along with Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and the Business & Human Rights..
For the Marihangin Indigenous community in the Philippines, legal protection of their territory was meant to safeguard them against dispossession. In practice, the more than two-decade wait for recognition of their ancestral lands has coincided with escalating corporate..
May 14, 2026. Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) welcomes the release of Indigenous Dumagat farmers Rocky Torres, 32, and Avelardo “Dandoy” Avellaneda, 54, on 9 May 2026 after nearly eight years of arbitrary detention in the Philippines. Their release brings long-awaited..
Argentina: The Less It Protects Glaciers, the Greater the Legal Risk Summary: Argentina’s 2026 glacier reform weakens protections for glaciers and periglacial environments, triggering legal challenges and concerns over Indigenous Peoples’ rights, lithium mining expansion, water security, and compliance..
“I am Norma Sancir, a Kaqchiqel Maya journalist and defender of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and of freedom of expression. Community communication is my work and my way of fighting; I am the daughter of a mother..
Where Is the “Just” in the Just Transition? Indigenous Peoples Speak Truth at First International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels At the sidelines of the First International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels held..
Side Event Confronting Barriers and Advancing Rights-Based Solutions for Indigenous Peoples Towards a Just Transition The First International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels 24–29 April 2026 Santa Marta, Colombia Organised by: Indigenous Peoples Rights International..
UNPFII25 Intervention on Agenda Item 5 E: Item 5 (d): Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No…
