indigenous peoples

Around 10 million people in Nepal are officially considered indigenous and they currently experience an increasing and aggressive pressure to take their land

While Tanzania’s indigenous peoples face all these threats, the Maasai peoples are especially experiencing that their land is confiscated in the name of conservation

The increasing cases of forced evictions, land grabbing, criminalisation, killings, harassment and militarization on indigenous land compiled are showed in the book

Indigenous peoples, in partnership with civil society and other human rights defenders, have strengthened their resilience on all fronts, increased their capacity to...

In many countries forced evictions and land grabbing in the name of conservation, development and investments continues its encroachment with impunity

These newest concessions bordering Sinangoe have appeared despite recent pledges by Ecuador’s president Lenín Moreno that no new mining concessions would be awarded

With the adoption of the policy, a number of principles regarding indigenous peoples’ rights have been approved. These include their rights to free, prior and informed consent

President Duterte’s administration has recently made international headlines through its war on drugs, where brutal methods have led to thousands of death

The publication of this list is the most recent move by the government in a long conflict between defenders of indigenous peoples’ rights and the Duterte administration

The policy recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights to land, territories and natural resources, their crucial and active contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation