We, Indigenous Peoples, and the wider civil society, call on governments, the United Nations, and the international community to urgently heed the global and persistent call for an immediate, adequate and culturally-appropriate response to help Indigenous Peoples communities..
Background Indigenous Peoples, despite being nature’s stewards, are suffering from gross human rights violations related to conservation efforts. The prevailing “fortress conservation” model, which views nature as separate from people, has led to criminalization, killing, enforced disappearance and..
Good Morning Today is a historic day for indigenous peoples. On the date that marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brasil (APIB) has presented a Communiqué to the Attorney’s Office,..
Legally established in 2019, IPRI is an indigenous-led global organization that responds to the global crisis of widespread human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples. It leads and coordinates the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent the Criminalization and..
Indigenous representatives and their lawyers file petition at the Supreme Court to junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. (Photo: Tony La Viña) The Philippines has the most dismal government response to the pandemic in the Southeast Asian region.1..
Adivasi Bhil Peoples from Gujarat are released on bail following their arrest. They were protesting against the acquisition of their lands by the hydropower and construction company, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. (SSNNL). (Photo: Rajendra Tadavi) Without any..
In Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico, lands were leased to a Equinox Gold for 13 years. The town is located just 600 meters from the Bermejal mine’s first toxic waste deposit. (Photo: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan)..
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..
