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..
Category: Criminalization and Incarceration
Annual Report: Criminalization of, Violence, and Impunity against Indigenous Peoples (2022)
Indigenous Peoples Rights International presents 19 case stories of criminalization of human rights violations and impunity against Indigenous Peoples from its six focus countries, i.e., Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the Philippines. The documentation..
Annual Report: Criminalization of, Violence, and Impunity against Indigenous Peoples (2022)
Advancing the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent Criminalization, Violence, and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples
The year 2021 was a period of difficulties and challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us faced personal losses and distress, yet we persisted in doing our work even in the midst of restrictions and limitations…
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Executive Summary)
Criminalisation of Adivasis began with the forest laws enacted by British colonial regime that constructed a discourse that forest is a space inhabited by unruly savages who are, by nature, dangerous criminals. Thus, forests and Adivasis were both..
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Full Report)
Impunity in India is extensive and deeply entrenched, especially if it involves the upper castes. This is exemplified in the conviction rate for crimes committed against Scheduled Tribes which was merely 28.5 percent during 2020 despite provision for..
Criminalisation of Adivasis and the Indian Legal System
As part of its work in highlighting and monitoring incidents of criminalisation, violence, and impunity against Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) commissioned a research examining the dimensions of criminalisation of Adivasis in India. Written by Shomona..
Global Report || Redefining Protected Areas: A Study on the Criminalization of and Human Rights Violations Against Indigenous Peoples in Conservation
As part of its work to confront criminalization of, and human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) decided to contribute to the ongoing calls for a human rights-based approach to conservation. As a..
TANZANIA || Criminalization of, and human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples in conservation: a country report
Indigenous Peoples and other tribes in Tanzania consider half of the designated wildlife protected areas as their ancestral lands, which currently make up 40 percent of the country’s total land area. There are 657 wildlife protected areas in..
KENYA || Indigenous defenders on the run: a country study on the criminalization of and human rights violation against Indigenous Peoples in conservation
Human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples living within and around conservation and protected areas is a persisting issue in Kenya. Colonial laws on conservation were progressively amended under Kenya’s Constitution of 2010 resulting in laws crafted with specific..
