Just one day after we condemned the violent assault against William Sipai, an elected Maasai community leader and Indigenous land rights defender, we have received confirmation that he has now been arbitrarily arrested and detained. On 30 July..
Month: July 2026
URGENT ALERT | Violence against Maasai Indigenous land defender William Sipai in Kenya
IPRI condemns the violent assault against William Sipai, an elected Maasai community leader, who was attacked while peacefully protesting the installation of boundary markers on the disputed Kedong ancestral lands—a process the Maasai community argues advances the exclusion..
IPRI Statement at the 19th Session of EMRIP. Agenda Item 11: Future Work of the Expert Mechanism
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). 19th Session Agenda item 11: Future work of the Expert Mechanism, including follow-up to recommendations made in previous studies and advice Statement by Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) Thank..
IPRI Statement at the 19th Session of EMRIP. Agenda Item 10: Preparing for 20 Years of UNDRIP
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). 19th Session Agenda item 10: Preparing for 20 Years of UNDRIP Statement by Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) Thank you, Chair. Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) welcomes EMRIP’s decision..
IPRI Statement at the 19th Session of EMRIP. Agenda Item: Indigenous Human Rights Defenders
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). 19th Session Agenda Item 3 : Study and advice on the rights of Indigenous Peoples in conflict and post-conflict situations for 20 Years of UNDRIP Statement by Indigenous Peoples..
Just Transition and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
The world is racing to address the climate crisis through the expansion of renewable energy and the extraction of critical minerals needed to power it. While the energy transition away from fossil fuels is both necessary and urgent, its implementation is increasingly placing new pressures..
