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An appeal to the UNFCCC & State parties at COP27: Put human rights at the centre of climate action
To: Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) · Cc: Danielle Magalhaes, Global Climate Action Team Lead, UN Climate Change An appeal to the UNFCCC & State parties at COP27 The climate crisis is..
IPRI, BHRRC & partners: Letter to UNFCCC & State parties pre-COP27 – Invitation to sign on [Deadline by 06/10]
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), together with a number of allies, have prepared an open letter addressed to UNFCCC and State parties, prior to COP27. The energy transition needs to be just, in particular,..
Criminalization of and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples Intensify Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
Over 200 human rights violations incidents were documented in 23 countries from January to July 2020 The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global indigenous organization championing indigenous rights, raised alarm over the apparent growing global trend of..
URGENT CALL || Free The Maasai Criminalized And Detained With Trumped-up Charges. Stop The Persecution Of Land Defenders!
The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), once again, urgently calls on the State of Tanzania to cease and desist from criminalizing the leaders and defenders of the Maasai Indigenous Pastoralists with trumped-up charges. Instead of sowing fear and..
Item 9: Thematic discussion on Violence against Indigenous Women
Item 10: Future work
The continuing impunity in attacks against Indigenous Peoples
“Violence against Indigenous Peoples is a global trend”, summarized Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. During, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and co-founder of IPRI, during the presentation of IPRI’s annual reports on criminalization against Indigenous..
Incarceration of indigenous peoples: documentation and challenges
As a result of a fruitful collaboration, The New School and IPRI presented, as a side event to the 15th session of the EMRIP, a study on the incarceration of indigenous people covering the USA, Canada, Guatemala, Indonesia,..
A firm step towards justice for tribal children in India
In July 2022, good news arrived for four tribal children in India, victims of serious human rights violations. The State informed that it had already sanctioned and started paying compensation for the sexual abuse suffered by the children..
