“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..
Author: IPRI
From Criminalization to genuine partnership: Transforming Conservation laws to Rights-based framework
Despite policy-level progress toward a human rights-based approach to conservation, including the recognition and respect of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) continues to receive reports and complaints from Indigenous Peoples worldwide regarding violations of their..
Land Rights for Better Conservation Outcomes
Side Event Concept Note for the UNPFII 2026 relating to the theme, “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict” Title: Land Rights for Better Conservation Outcomes Date: April 20, 2026 Time: 13:15-14:30 Venue: CR-12 Organizers:..
Land Conflicts on the Rise: Indigenous Lands in Focus
Date: April 22, 2026, Time: 15:00-16:15pm Venue: CR-9, UN Headquarters Language Spoken by Speakers: French, English, Spanish Land and territories are fundamental to the existence, collective survival and development, culture, and spirituality of Indigenous Peoples, constituting the basis..
Paraguay: Ayoreo punished for defending their forests amid climate crisis
In the northern Paraguayan Chaco, three Ayoreo leaders are facing criminal charges after being accused by the National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) in the context of the unjust and insufficient state response to a drought and forest fires that..
8 Years of Arbitrary Detention: Demand the Immediate Release of Indigenous Peoples’ Prisoners in the Philippines
The Example of Rocky and Dandoy In Quezon Province in the Philippines, Indigenous Dumagat villages have long been subjected to militarization, forced displacement, harassment, and a climate of constant fear. This militarization is closely tied to government..
Voices behind bars: State terror and weaponization of law against Indigenous Peoples
By Panaghiusa Philippine Network to Uphold Indigenous Peoples’ Rights The Philippines is home to an estimated 14–17 million Indigenous Peoples, whose communities span the archipelago from the Cordillera in the north to Mindanao in the south. Despite constitutional..
Je’eruriwa People: the struggle for full recognition and the right to land despite forced displacement in Colombia
In May 2025, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling recognizing the Je’eruriwa People as a subject of collective reparation and ordering their immediate inclusion in the Unified Registry of Victims, after more than 70 years of..
They won in court, but are still being evicted: the Ogiek struggle for justice in Kenya
For generations, the Ogiek Indigenous Peoples have lived in Kenya’s Mau Forest Complex and in parts of Mount Elgon and the surrounding highlands, sustaining themselves through hunting, gathering, and beekeeping, and governing their territories through customary systems rooted..
IPRI Annual Report 2025
When Indigenous defenders are criminalized and subjected to violence, the objective is not justice. The objective is silence, intimidation, collective punishment, and dispossession. Criminalization and violence are designed to wear down Indigenous defenders and communities quietly until resistance..
