BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Almost nine months since COVID-19 swept the world, its impacts have proven to go beyond a health crisis. Among others, the threat of a global economic crisis is already manifesting itself. Human rights and environmental..
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An Elusive Justice? Indigenous Peoples Access to Justice and Remedy in the Context of Business Operations
Event Details November 12, 2020 15:00 – 16:30 (CET, UTC + 1) (Geneva time) Watch recorded video BACKGROUND Indigenous Peoples persist in protecting and defending their lands, territories and resources in order to maintain their distinct identities, ways..
Building Back Better: Protecting and Respecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Lands and Self-determination in Business and Human Rights
Event Details November 11, 2020 5.30 PST; 8.30 EST; 15.30 EET; 21.30 PHST Watch recorded video BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Almost nine months since COVID-19 swept the world, its impacts have proven to go beyond a health crisis. Among..
Indigenous Peoples In Business and Human Rights: A Joint Webinar Series
Event Details November 10-12, 2020 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY November 10 05:30 PST, 08:30 EST, 14:30 CET, 15:30 EET, 21:30 PHST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ LANDS TERRITORIES, AND RESOURCES November 11 05:30 PST. 08:30 EST. 14:30 CET, 15:30 EET,..
Doing it Right! Renewable Energy and Indigenous Peoples
Event Details November 10, 2020 05:30 PST, 08:30 EST, 15:30 EET, 21:30 PHST Watch recorded video BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Indigenous peoples across the globe are impacted by renewable energy projects being implemented by business in cooperation with states…
An Elusive Justice? Indigenous Peoples Access to Justice and Remedy in the Context of Business Operations
BACKGROUND Indigenous Peoples persist in protecting and defending their lands, territories and resources in order to maintain their distinct identities, ways of life, governance systems, dignity and collective wellbeing. However, their collective rights to their lands, territories and..
Indigenous Peoples In Business and Human Rights: A Joint Webinar Series
As the 9th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights happens this November, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and its partners intend to draw attention to the state of Indigenous Peoples in relation to business and..
Webinar Series: Strengthening the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Event Details October 30, 2020 10:00 to 11:30AM Bangkok Time Watch recorded video Background Asia is the continent with most of the world’s indigenous peoples. More than two thirds of the world’s indigenous peoples live in the region…
Webinar Series: Strengthening the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Background Asia is the continent with most of the world’s indigenous peoples. More than two thirds of the world’s indigenous peoples live in the region. While estimates vary – among other reasons, due to the inconsistent national terminology..
Mexico: IPRI urges the Government of Mexico to implement Inter-American Court decisions on sexual torture cases of two Indigenous women
Global indigenous organization Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), together with Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña de Guerrero Tlachinollan, strongly urge the Mexican Government to fully comply the Court decisions on the cases of Ines Fernandez Ortega..
