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.”..
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..
Background and Objectives Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks against Indigenous Peoples have intensified in several countries as governments and businesses continue with their control and exploitation of lands and resources. Indigenous women are targeted for leading their..
BACKGROUND / RATIONALE The impact and abuses that transnational corporations and business enterprises can have on the full realization and enjoyment of human rights have been a long existing concern of Indigenous Peoples and other people impacted by..
The Aytas of Central Luzon live simple lives. For them, land is life, that’s why they are engaged in collective farming and living. Despite the rich natural resources in their lands, the Aytas, along with all other indigenous..
BACKGROUND During his term, UN Special Rapporteur Rodolfo Stavenhagen used the expression ‘implementation gap’ in reference to the growing recognition of the collective and individual rights of indigenous peoples within international human rights law and even in domestic..
With the aim of engaging with indigenous peoples in Asia, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, conducted a regional consultation jointly with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights..
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Indigenous peoples across the globe are impacted by renewable energy projects being implemented by business in cooperation with states. While indigenous peoples support a just transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy as a key..
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Almost nine months since COVID-19 swept the world, its impacts have proven to go beyond a health crisis. Among others, the threat of a global economic crisis is already manifesting itself. Human rights and environmental..
BACKGROUND Indigenous Peoples persist in protecting and defending their lands, territories and resources in order to maintain their distinct identities, ways of life, governance systems, dignity and collective wellbeing. However, their collective rights to their lands, territories and..
