Kenya: William Sipai’s Fight for Maasai Land Rights in Kedong On 14 September 2025, government surveyors escorted by a police battalion arrived in Kedong to install boundary markers on land claimed by the Maasai. Community members moved quickly..
Category: Criminalization and Incarceration
Argentina: Boy of Chañi, the mountain waited for you for over a century
In 1905, an expedition reached the summit of Nevado de Chañi, in the eastern Andes mountain range between the present-day provinces of Jujuy and Salta. At an altitude of almost 5,900 metres, they found the body of an..
The ongoing displacement of the Marihangin community and their fight for land recognition in the Philippines
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..
Norma Sancir: Kaqchiqel Maya Woman, Word Weaver, community journalist, and human rights defender. By Alma Gilda López Mejía
“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..
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..
Xanharu || Upholding Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Legislation and Jurisprudence: Global, Regional, and National Developments (Issue 7)
The centuries of struggle by Indigenous Peoples around the world against colonization, forced assimilation, and systemic discrimination have resulted in the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) by the UN General Assembly..
Informe: Encarcelamiento y acoso judicial contra defensores indígenas en México
Este informe se elabora en el marco de la investigación impulsada por Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) sobre detención y encarcelamiento de personas indígenas por ejercer y defender sus derechos, especialmente los vinculados con la libre determinación y..
Urgent call to action: Building a Coherent Legal Framework for Conservation, from Criminalization to Genuine Partnership and Collaboration
The path forward is clear. Conservation must break with its colonial legacy of exclusion and criminalization and embrace a future grounded in justice and self-determination. That means recognizing Indigenous Peoples not as obstacles but as leaders and rights-holders…
Violence, impunity and criminalization against Indigenous Peoples in Colombia
This report is a product of IPRI’s ongoing work in Colombia. It identifies the features and patterns of violence, impunity, and criminalization that Indigenous Peoples have historically suffered in this country, focusing on the period 2021-2022. This report..
Protector not prisoner: Indigenous peoples face rights violations & criminalization in climate actions
The climate crisis is one of the most critical and complex issues our planet and its people face. Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of environmental protection and addressing this crisis, managing over 20% of the Earth’s land..
