Protected areas in Nepal make up 23.39 percent of its total land area. It comprises of national parks, hunting reserves, conservation areas and wildlife reserves. All these areas belong to, if not overlap with the ancestral lands of..
Category: Criminalization and Incarceration
THAILAND || Conservation against customary practices Criminalization of, and human rights violations against Indigenous peoples in Thailand’s protected areas and forest reserves
The laws on environment and natural resources in Thailand restrict and criminalize the customary practices of resource management of Indigenous Peoples, who are referred to as hill tribes. The implementation of these laws are contributing highly to the..
Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples and Continuing Impunity
The United Nations (UN) reports that “despite all the positive developments in international human rights standard-setting, Indigenous Peoples continue to face serious human rights abuses on a day-to-day basis.” This is concurred by former UN Special Rapporteur on..
An Anatomy of the Practices of Silencing Indigenous Peoples: Report on Criminalization and Harassment of Indigenous Leaders In Brazil
This report is produced by the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International (IPRI), in partnership with the Articulaçao dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil (APIB). It is part of the partnership of these two organizations in advancing the global initiative to..
2019 Philippines: State Criminalization and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples
The Philippines has been in the limelight these past few years for its alarming human rights record under the notorious autocratic regime of President Rodrigo Duterte. Since 2015, several international human rights watchdogs have listed the Philippines among..
Impunity & Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples in India
Crime Record against Scheduled Tribes (STs) India has partially implemented two noted Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations relating to the effective implementation of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes Act and prevention of and justice for violent..
Resisting Impunity & Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
The Human Security Act of 2007, also known as the An Act to Secure the State and Protect our People from Terrorism was enacted purportedly to protect life, liberty, and property of Filipinos from acts of terrorism with..
