Volume X of the compilation of United Nations human rights treaty bodies’ jurisprudence on Indigenous Peoples covers the period of 2023-2024. It also contains the advice of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), the..
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Submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on tourism and indigenous peoples’ rights
A Compilation of UN Treaty Body Jurisprudence, Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, and the Advice of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Volume IX
This document contains Volume IX of the compilation of United Nations human rights bodies’ jurisprudence pertaining to indigenous peoples. It covers the period of 2020-2022. This volume is three years-long, rather than two years-long as was the case..
Implications of COVID-19 and Economic Recovery on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Well-Being
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared as a pandemic in 2020, greatly affected Indigenous Peoples globally, aggravating their pre-existing conditions of racism, discrimination, marginalization, vulnerability, neglect and isolation. On January 19, 2022,..
Impunity and Abuse of Power: Strategy of Violence Against the Indigenous Peoples of Colombia
IPRI was established to respond to the increased violence and criminalization inflicted upon indigenous peoples throughout the world. These human rights violations impact indigenous peoples, individually and collectively, as their collective rights as peoples and communities are also..
IPRI Brochure
As part of its work to confront criminalization of, and human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) decided to contribute to the ongoing calls for a human rights-based approach to conservation. As a start,..
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..
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.
2019, Congo: Land Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The indigenous Pygmy peoples have ties to their land and natural resources. They are primitive peoples who rely on hunting, fishing, gathering and foraging for subsistence. Their lifestyle is unlike that of other social groups like the Bantu,..
