Members of the Arhuaco People hold discussion meetings on self-determination and self-government in Jimain. (Photo: Equipo de apoyo autoridades ZRT) Indigenous Peoples in Colombia represent 4.4 percent of the total population.1 In the Amazonas department, they make up..
The threat from a hostile Federal Government worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic where lack of access to proper health care, especially in remote areas in the Amazon, coupled with the absence of immunological memory for infectious agents of..
Approximately 20 percent of the earth’s territory are Indigenous lands. These lands are home to about 476 million Indigenous Peoples worldwide, in over 90 countries. Indigenous lands and territories are at the core of Indigenous Peoples’ culture, spirituality,..
Indigenous Pygmy Peoples celebrate outside the Parliament after the National Assembly adopted the Bill on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Kinshasa, DRC. April 7, 2020. (Photo: Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion..
(image from Defend Panay Network) ILOILO City – Recently, an RTC in Capiz quashed[1] multiple search warrants used by the PNP and the AFP in the bloody joint-operation on December 30 last year, that left 9 Tumandok dead,..
Background The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is organizing the side event “Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples and their right to Self-Determination”. The side-event will take place during the 14th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of..
Statement Indigenous Peoples Rights International 6th of July of 2021 #AltoAlFuego To the Mexican State and the international community. In view of the numerous cases of intimidation, murders and repeated acts of violence against indigenous peoples and..
by John Knox & Victoria Tauli-Corpuz * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Adivasi tribals are see during a celebration on the occasion of International Day of..
47th Session of the Human Rights Council Panel discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 29 June 2021, 4 to 6 p.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Statement by Joan Carling,..
Co-organizers Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Observatorio Ciudadano, INFOE Background and Objectives At its 47th session, the UN Human Rights Council is marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of..
