Global Database This Initiative will have a global data base on cases of criminalization, violence and impunity against indigenous peoples. This will include a compilation of discriminatory laws and policies criminalizing indigenous peoples; fact sheet of cases, actions..
Category: About the Initiative
The Global Initiative
Indigenous peoples have long been struggling to defend their rights against criminalization and impunity at the local, national and regional levels. However, there are no concerted efforts to address this issue in a sustained and systematic manner. This..
Addressing worsening criminalization and impunity against Indigenous People
Acts of criminalization and impunity against indigenous peoples are serious and systemic violations of their human rights, dignity and wellbeing. It renders them powerless and diminishes opportunities and spaces to assert and protect their individual and collective rights..
Definition of Terms
Criminalization Criminalization refers to the ways in which criminal law is used improperly, through the manipulation by the State of its punitive power against those asserting and claiming their human rights, including indigenous peoples. This is done through..
Background & Context
Indigenous peoples across the globe are increasingly subjected to criminalization and violations of their individual and collective rights with impunity. This situation is prevalent in States which do not legally recognize and protect the rights of indigenous peoples,..
