Category: News and Events
On the frontlines: Indigenous women defending their lands and the environment
Event Details September 20, 2022 13:30 Geneva (Timezone) Watch recorded video Background It is estimated that 411 million of Indigenous Peoples live in Asia[1]. They represent 2,000 distinct civilizations and languages. Various terms have been used for..
Indigenous-led Energy Solutions as levers of change towards access to clean, sustainable & modern energy
Event Details September 21, 2022 13:30 Geneva (Timezone) Watch recorded video Description of the event: According to the OECD and the International Energy Agency 14% of the world’s population currently has no access to electricity. 84% of these..
Xanharu: Upholding Indigenous Peoples Rights || Launch of the Second Issue of the Digest on Legislation and Jurisprudence
Event Details September 15, 2022 14:00 Geneva (Timezone) Register to this event This year is the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). In that period, numerous developments have..
Redefining protected areas: Addressing human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples and recognizing Indigenous-led governance in conservation
Event Details September 5, 2021 14:00 Geneva (Timezone)4 : 30 New York | 10 : 30 Geneva/ Kinshasa/ Marseille | 11 : 30 Nairobi/ Dodoma | 14 : 15 Kathmandu | 15 : 30 Bangkok | 16 :..
Patterns of Criminalization and Strategies of Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance
Tanzania Stop further attacks! Free the Maasai leaders and human rights defenders accused under severe trumped-up charges
The Indigenous Peoples Rights International-IPRI urgently calls on the State of Tanzania to immediately stop the criminalization against Maasai leaders and human rights defenders in the Loliondo Division. These leaders along with their communities are defending their right..
Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples: understanding underlying issues and challenges in documentation
Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) recognizes the long-standing concerns over disproportionate representation of Indigenous Peoples in incarceration. As the coordinating organization of the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent Criminalization of and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples that was..
Criminalization, Violence and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples: Global Trends and the case of Colombia
Event Details July 6, 2022 06:30 am New York Time // 6:30 am Mexico City // 8:30 am Brasilia // 13:30 pm Geneva // 12:30 Congo-Kinshasa // 17:00 New Delhi // 20:30 pm Manila Watch recorded video
MEXICO || Urgent call to the Mexican State to guarantee justice and protection for the indigenous peoples and communities of the Sierra Tarahumara
Homicide of Jesuit priests and civilian in the Sierra Tarahumara, a result of the pattern of violence and impunity against indigenous communities and human rights At least 30 people with community charges have been murdered in this region as..
