Category: News and Features
Sign the Petition: Drop the Trumped-up Charges Against Indigenous Kinipan Land Rights Defenders in Indonesia
Amid the pandemic, six Indigenous villagers, including Kinipan community leader Effendi Buhing, and two Indigenous youth, were arrested by the Central Kalimantan Police, in Indonesia, for defending their customary forest against the expansion of PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari..
The Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Visit to Peru, 21 January – 3 February 2020 Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Introduction I would like to start by warmly thanking the Government for inviting me to undertake an official mission, which took place from 21..
The New Initiative for Preventing Criminalization & Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples
In performing my mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights since 2014, I have received many reports and heard testimonies from indigenous individuals, communities and organizations of how they and their organizations have been vilified..
The New Initiative for Preventing Criminalization & Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples
In performing my mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights since 2014, I have received many reports and heard testimonies from indigenous individuals, communities and organizations of how they and their organizations have been vilified..
Nace una nueva iniciativa para prevenir la criminalización y la impunidad contra los pueblos indígenas
En el desempeño de mi mandato como Relatora Especial de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas desde 2014, he recibido muchos informes y escuchado testimonios de personas, comunidades y organizaciones indígenas sobre cómo se las..
The New Initiative for Preventing Criminalization & Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples
In performing my mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights since 2014, I have received many reports and heard testimonies from indigenous individuals, communities and organizations of how they and their organizations have been vilified..
Philippines: Government’s terrorist-tagging denies right to education to thousands of indigenous Lumad
Around 1,500 indigenous Lumad children and youth were denied their right to education when the Department of Education (DepEd) ordered the closure of 55 Lumad schools in September of this year.¹ DepEd acted on the recommendation of the..
