Tag: Criminalization
ECUADOR: Immediately cease repression and criminalization of community members of the parishes of Palo Quemado and La Pampa defending their territories against mega-mining projects
Building Partnerships and Solidarity. Ending Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples and advancing climate action
Protector not prisoner: Indigenous peoples face rights violations & criminalization in climate actions
The climate crisis is one of the most critical and complex issues our planet and its people face. Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of environmental protection and addressing this crisis, managing over 20% of the Earth’s land..
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..
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..
Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples and Continuing Impunity
The United Nations (UN) reports that “despite all the positive developments in international human rights standard-setting, Indigenous Peoples continue to face serious human rights abuses on a day-to-day basis.” This is concurred by former UN Special Rapporteur on..
Defending Our Lands, Territories and Natural Resources amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Annual Report
Annual Report on Criminalization, Violence and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples From 2016 to 2018, the Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights defenders on human rights and the environment and on the rights of Indigenous Peoples raised..
An Anatomy of the Practices of Silencing Indigenous Peoples: Report on Criminalization and Harassment of Indigenous Leaders In Brazil
This report is produced by the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International (IPRI), in partnership with the Articulaçao dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil (APIB). It is part of the partnership of these two organizations in advancing the global initiative to..
