Who We Are

The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is a legally registered, non-profit global Indigenous Peoples organization that works to protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, and unite and amplify the call for justice to victims of criminalization and impunity.

In 2019, IPRI was established to lead and coordinate the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent Criminalization, Violence, and Impunity against Indigenous Peoples. Two staunch indigenous activists and human rights advocates from the Philippines — former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and UN’s Champions of the Earth Awardee Joan Carling — are the founding leaders of IPRI.

Registered in the Philippines as a non stock, non profit corporation with SEC Registration No. CN201973253.

Registered in the US as Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc as a 501c3 nonprofit corporation (EIN: 86-1737122)

Download IPRI Brochure and Annual Reports for more information.

Our Vision

Indigenous Peoples are peacefully exercising their individual and collective rights in their traditional territories, especially their right to self-determination and to their lands, territories and resources, without threat of violence or criminalization.

To document, analyze, and expose the criminalization and violence against Indigenous Peoples’ leaders, activists, and human rights defenders and against indigenous communities, organizations, and institutions.
To facilitate the physical safety and security of indigenous individuals, communities and organizations through the use of existing protection mechanisms and establishment of new ones, if needed, and to facilitate their access to justice.
To call for an end to the shrinking democratic space for Indigenous Peoples to organize and resist human rights violations and to join the resistance against authoritarian and fascist governance.
To work with existing human rights monitoring systems/organizations at the global, regional, and national levels, community-based monitoring systems and human rights observatories, to ensure that the state of criminalization and impunity are documented, reported, and acted on in a timely manner.
To regularly convene indigenous peoples leaders and human rights defenders and their allies to share their knowledge and experiences in addressing situations of criminalization and impunity not just against individuals but communities, actions taken, lessons learned, and recommendations on how to strengthen the campaigns to mitigate criminalization and impunity and to obtain justice for the victims.
To promote and push for the full implementation of favorable decisions and recommendations of relevant global and national institutions to address criminalization and ensure access to justice.
To ensure better access to justice of indigenous women and children, and the full protection of their rights.
To work in partnership with the broad network of human rights and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and alliances and relevant human rights institutions, mechanisms and procedures at the national, regional, and global levels.
To establish global campaign machinery which will have hubs at the regional and national levels that shall oversee and sustain the campaign.
To regularly publish reports, policy briefs and situationers to aid in advocacy and lobby campaigns to end criminalization of, and violence against Indigenous Peoples.

Downloads

Policies

Non-discrimination and Anti-harassment Policy (pdf, 623 KB)Gender Policy (pdf, 645 KB)

Annual Reports

Brochure

“Indigenous peoples across the globe are increasingly subjected to criminalization and violations of their individual and collective rights with impunity. Help put an end to this.”

ipri [at] iprights.org (+63) 9639922394

The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is a global Indigenous Peoples organization that works to protect the IP rights defenders, and unite and amplify the call for justice and respect for Indigenous Peoples' rights.

Registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation (EIN: 86-1737122)