There is an immediate need to protect indigenous territories as land rights are under siege and conflicts are rising. In 2021, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues launched a new global report on Rights to Lands, Territories, and..
Year: 2021
Healing Justice and Supporting Indigenous Human Rights Defenders
The 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) International Funders for Indigenous Peoples and The Indigenous Peoples Rights International invites the public to the side event: Healing Justice and Supporting Indigenous Human Rights Defenders..
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..
Colombia: Statement on the murder of Colombian Indigenous woman leader Sandra Peña
With anger, repudiation, and pain, we inform and denounce before the entities of the Colombian State, international organizations, and the general public that: Today, the indigenous leader of the Nasa people, Sandra Liliana Peña Chocué, who was the..
Defending Our Lands, Territories, and Resources amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Annual Report on Criminalization of and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples: Defending Our Lands, Territories and Resources amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Statement on the threats to Indigenous communities in Indonesia｜Rukka Sombolinggi, Global Board member of IPRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBocn14DKmg Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary-General of Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), gives a statement on how the COVID-19 pandemic has exasperated existing threats to land rights and heightened conflicts and criminalization of Indigenous peoples in Indonesia. Detailing resilience tactics,..
Silencing Indigenous Peoples: Launch of 2020 Report on Criminalization and Harassment of Indigenous Leaders in Brazil
Background and Objectives The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB) invite you to the side-event “Silencing Indigenous Peoples: Launch of 2020 Report on Criminalization and Harassment of Indigenous Leaders in Brazil.”..
#WebinarRecap: Women at the frontline
In commemoration of the International Women’s Day on March 8, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), together with Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas (FIMI), International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), and Land Rights Now organized the webinar,..
Strengthening Indigenous Voices: Legal Empowerment & Community-based Methods for Advancing Access to Justice
Moderator: Lucy Claridge, Senior Counsel, Head of Strategic Legal Response Centre, Forest Peoples Programme Speakers: Daniel Kobei, Ogiek Peoples Development Programme, Ogiek Community, Kenya Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous Peoples Rights International & Tebtebba Foundation, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of..
Women at the frontline: Featuring Indigenous Women Land Rights Defenders at risk for asserting their rights, land, and dignity
“Land is life. Indigenous women will cease to exist if their lands and territories are destroyed. We were able to protect and nurture our lands, territories and resources for many generations through self-determination, deciding on what is good..
