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On 20 August 2018, Peru’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal (TC) ag

El 20 de agosto de 2018, el tribunal superior del Perú, el Tribunal Constitucional (TC), se comprometió a resolver la demanda

Amicus Curiae Brief submitted by Global Justice Centre of New York and Forest Peoples Programme to the Constitutional Court of Peru in the Case of the Santa Clara Native Community of Uchunya v. Regional Government of Ucayali and the company Plantaciones de Pucallpa

Amicus Curiae entregada por el Global Justice Centre of New York y Forest Peoples Programme al Tribunal Constitucional de Peru en relación al caso de la Comunidad Nativa de Santa Clara de Uchunya contra el Gobierno Regional de Ucayali y la empresa Plantaciones de Pucallpa S.A.C."

"Currently, we, the indigenous people, traditional villagers and forest people, and the places where we are living are under pressure and face sustained injustice and social tension due to large-scale “development’ activities conducted by plantation and commercial logging companies."

The South Rupununi District Council (“SRDC”) present the Wapichan Environmental Monitoring Report, a case study which details the work of their Monitoring Programme in relation to the mining at Marudi Mountain; and presents their recommendations and requests.

A member of one of Cameroon’s Baka Communities in the Ngoyla Mintom area, talks about being driven out of his ancestral forests, and the issues his people face on a daily basis through lack of land rights and lack of access to food, medicine and education.

Un miembro de una de las comunidades Baka de la zona de Ngoyla Mintom de Camerún, habla de ser expulsado ​​de su bosque ancestral y de los problemas a los que se enfrenta su pueblo a diario a por la falta de derechos territoriales y la falta de acceso a alimentos, medicinas y educación.

A landmark declaration in 2010 brought human rights abuses by business activities into the spotlight. Since 2017, we have seen significant advances in legislating requirements for human rights due diligence in key markets, and in 2018 negotiations began on a possible Binding Treaty on business and human rights.

Una declaración histórica en 2010 llevó al centro de atención a los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos por las actividades de negocios.

In a high level meeting on 12th September, representatives of the regional government of San Martin agreed to abandon their attempts to suspend the titling of indigenous communities in the vicinity of the Cordillera Escalera Protected area (ACR-CE), a threat made by the government in response to a landmark law suit filed in August 2017.

En una reunión de alto nivel el 12 de septiembre, los representantes del gobierno regional de San Martín acordaron abandonar sus intentos de suspender la titulación de las comunidades indígenas en las cercanías del Área Protegida de la Cordillera Escalera (ACR-CE), una amenaza por el gobierno en respuesta a una demanda histórica presentada en agosto de 2017.

Breaking news: Historic legal decision for Peru's indigenous peoples as the nation's highest court agrees to resolve the lawsuit filed by the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya.

Breaking news: Historic legal decision for Peru's indigenous peoples as the nation's highest court agrees to resolve the lawsuit filed by the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya.

In mid-July, the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, with help from FPP,  launched a crowdfunder to support urgently needed solutions in their fight to defend their forests and way of life from destruction by a palm oil company and land-trafficking gangs.

A mediados de julio, la comunidad Shipibo de Santa Clara de Uchunya, con el apoyo de Forest Peoples Programme, lanzó un crowdfunder con el fin de financiar soluciones urgentes para fortalecer su lucha en defensa de sus bosques y modo de vida en contra de la destrucción causada por una empresa de palma aceitera y traficantes de tierras.

Pada pertengahan bulan Juli, masyarakat Shipibo dari Santa Clara de Uchunya, dengan bantuan dari FPP, melu

At the end of three intense days of discussion, exchange and drafting, representatives from the Ik, Tepeth, Batwa, Benet and Ngikarimajong have released the Kisoro Memorandum, a definitive statement of their rights and expectations for support from their government and from other actors, including the UN system.

Al final de tres intensos días de discusión, intercambio y redacción, representantes de Ik, Tepeth, Batwa, Benet y Ngikarimajong publicaron el Memorando de Kisoro, una declaración definitiva de sus derechos y expectativas de apoyo de su gobierno y de otros actores, incluido el sistema de las Naciones Unidas.

Pada bulan Juni 2018, perwakilan masyarakat Ik, Tepeth, Batwa, Benet, dan Ngikarimajong berkumpul di Kisoro dalam sebuah lokakarya masyarakat adat di Uganda yang diselenggarakan oleh Organisasi Persatuan untuk Pembangunan Batwa di Uganda (United Organisation for Batwa development in Uganda/UOBDU) dan didukung oleh Forest