The threat from a hostile Federal Government worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic where lack of access to proper health care, especially in remote areas in the Amazon, coupled with the absence of immunological memory for infectious agents of..
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Land is life: Indigenous Peoples across the world are risking their lives and freedoms to protect their lands
Approximately 20 percent of the earth’s territory are Indigenous lands. These lands are home to about 476 million Indigenous Peoples worldwide, in over 90 countries. Indigenous lands and territories are at the core of Indigenous Peoples’ culture, spirituality,..
2021 IPRI Criminalization Report: Democratic Republic of Congo
Indigenous Pygmy Peoples celebrate outside the Parliament after the National Assembly adopted the Bill on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Kinshasa, DRC. April 7, 2020. (Photo: Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion..
2021 IPRI Criminalization Report: Democratic Republic of Congo
Despite measures enforced in relation to the pandemic such as travel restrictions, lockdowns and confinement, among others, armed conflicts that have plagued the country since the end of the civil war in 2003 continue. Between March 23 to..
Land is life: Indigenous Peoples across the world are risking their lives and freedoms to protect their lands
Panel discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
47th Session of the Human Rights Council Panel discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 29 June 2021, 4 to 6 p.m. Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Statement by Joan..
A Response To The PNP And The AFP’s Remarks About The Tumandok
(image from Defend Panay Network) ILOILO City – Recently, an RTC in Capiz quashed[1] multiple search warrants used by the PNP and the AFP in the bloody joint-operation on December 30 last year, that left 9 Tumandok dead,..
Statement Mexico: Indigenous Peoples Rights International
Statement Indigenous Peoples Rights International 6th of July of 2021 #AltoAlFuego To the Mexican State and the international community. In view of the numerous cases of intimidation, murders and repeated acts of violence against indigenous peoples and..
OPINION: To conserve nature, protect human rights
Remaining ecosystems are largely found on the lands of Indigenous peoples, but they are under assault John Knox, a professor at Wake Forest University, was the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2012 to..
OPINION: To conserve nature, protect human rights
by John Knox & Victoria Tauli-Corpuz * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Adivasi tribals are see during a celebration on the occasion of International Day of..
