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In fact, more than ever before in recent times, indigenous human rights defenders are being killed, attacked or harassed in their endeavours to protect their land.

“The decision by the World Heritage Committee is an acknowledgment of the Udege’s persistent struggle to preserve their territory”, tells Julie Koch, IWGIA’s executive directo

IWGIA was present at EMRIP 11th session, made a statement about the worrying tendencies of an increased criminalization of indigenous environmental and human rights defenders

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

The numbers speak for themselves: incidents of violence against indigenous women have been increasing every year, according to Kapaeeng Foundation.

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

Despite these findings, news about a new lease of 25.000 hectare land offered to the Indian owned Karuturi Global company has once again brought fear to the local communities

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

El informe fue presentado al Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial (CERD). El Estado peruano presentará su informe los días 25 y 26 de abril, en Ginebra, Suiza.

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