In commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2020, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global organization that champions Indigenous Peoples’ individual and collective rights, hosted the webinar “Living Under Threat: Responding to the collective impacts of the..
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Philippines: International Indigenous Peoples’ rights group calls for dropping of trumped-up charges, immediate release of Betty Belen
The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) expressed its grave concern on the illegal arrest and continuing detention of Beatrice “Betty” Belen, an indigenous woman from indigenous Uma community in the Cordillera, Philippines. According to report submitted to IPRI,..
Sign the Petition: Protect the Indigenous MRO People from forced eviction
Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing MP, MinisterMinistry of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, BangladeshSecretariat Building, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh SUBJECT: PROTECT THE INDIGENOUS MRO PEOPLE FROM FORCED EVICTIONNovember xx, 2020 Honorable Minister Sing, With this letter we, the undersigned organisations,..
Statement of Mr. Francisco Cali-Tzay on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Visit to Peru, 21 January – 3 February 2020 Madam President,Distinguished delegates,Indigenous peoples’ representatives,Ladies and gentlemen,
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..
9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Preventing Business-related Human Rights Abuses: The Key to a Sustainable Future for People and Planet
9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet Presented by Migdalia Ma. PellicierFrom the 16th to 18th of November, 2020 Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus..
9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Preventing Business-related Human Rights Abuses: The Key to a Sustainable Future for People and Planet
9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet Presented by Migdalia Ma. PellicierFrom the 16th to 18th of November, 2020 Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus..
Thailand: A Case of Murder within Conservation Policies
A bitter fight for justice The former Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP) Chief, Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, and three other park rangers are walking free from the murder of Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, the indigenous Karen human rights activist. The state..
Thailand: A Case of Murder within Conservation Policies
A bitter fight for justice The former Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP) Chief, Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, and three other park rangers are walking free from the murder of Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, the indigenous Karen human rights activist. The state..
UN Geneva Panel: The Protection of Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders | Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
45th Session Human Rights CouncilUN Geneva, 23 Sept. 2020Panel on The Protection of Indigenous Peoples Human Rights DefendersPresented by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Previous UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, H.E. Excellency, Juraj Podorsky, Vice President of..
