FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The year 2021 was a period of difficulties and challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us faced personal losses and distress, yet we persisted in doing our work even in the midst..
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The Adivasis Push Back For Their Rights
Holi is one of the major festivals in India and is celebrated with extreme enthusiasm and joy in rural India. Elaborate plans are made to color their loved ones. But this was not to be the case for..
The Adivasis Push Back For Their Rights
Holi is one of the major festivals in India and is celebrated with extreme enthusiasm and joy in rural India. Elaborate plans are made to color their loved ones. But this was not to be the case for..
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Executive Summary)
Criminalisation of Adivasis began with the forest laws enacted by British colonial regime that constructed a discourse that forest is a space inhabited by unruly savages who are, by nature, dangerous criminals. Thus, forests and Adivasis were both..
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Full Report)
Impunity in India is extensive and deeply entrenched, especially if it involves the upper castes. This is exemplified in the conviction rate for crimes committed against Scheduled Tribes which was merely 28.5 percent during 2020 despite provision for..
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Full Report)
Download the full report here.
Criminalization of Adivasis and The Indian Legal System (Executive Summary)
Download the full report here.
Criminalisation of Adivasis and the Indian Legal System
As part of its work in highlighting and monitoring incidents of criminalisation, violence, and impunity against Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) commissioned a research examining the dimensions of criminalisation of Adivasis in India. Written by Shomona..
Criminalisation of Adivasis and the Indian Legal System
As part of its work in highlighting and monitoring incidents of criminalisation, violence, and impunity against Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) commissioned a research examining the dimensions of criminalisation of Adivasis in India.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Draft General Recommendation No. 39 on the rights of Indigenous Women and Girls (IWAG)
Discrimination against indigenous women and girls must be understood taking into consideration the multifaceted nature of their distinct identity… Indigenous women and girls…and worldview as part of their identity and well-being.
