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This report concerns the merits of a petition received by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) on February 16, 2007.The petition alleges that the State of Suriname has violated the rights protected in Articles 3 (right to judicial personality), 21 (right to property) and 25 (right to judicial protection) of the American Convention on Human Rights in connection with Articles 1 and 2 thereof to the prejudice of the Kaliña and Lokono peoples.

Dear Friends,The principle that the enjoyment of human rights is both the means and the goal of development, highlights the importance of human rights monitoring as a means for empowering rights-holders to exercise their rights, whilst holding States and other actors accountable for their human rights obligations.   

Queridos amigos: El principio de que el disfrute de los derechos humanos es a la vez el medio y el objetivo del desarrollo resalta la importancia de la supervisión de los derechos humanos como medio para empoderar a sus titulares  para que los ejerzan, al tiempo que exigen a los Estados y otros agentes que rindan cuentas de sus obligaciones relacionadas con los derechos humanos.  

Dear Friends,Mutual recognition, mutual respect and mutual benefit are among the desirable attributes of all human relationships. Indigenous peoples and other forest peoples also expect these qualities in their relationships with others – be they governments, private corporations, NGOs or other indigenous peoples’ organisations and communities. This issue of Forest Peoples Programme’s E-Newsletter reports on the state of various relationships between forest peoples and different institutions – as these are forged, tested or broken –in the course of assertions for upholding basic human rights, social justice and solidarity.

Queridos amigos:El reconocimiento, el respeto y el beneficio mutuos son algunos de los atributos deseables en toda relación humana. Los pueblos indígenas y otros pueblos de los bosques también esperan estas cualidades en sus relaciones con otros, ya sean gobiernos, empresas privadas, ONG u otras organizaciones y comunidades de pueblos indígenas.  Este número del boletín electrónico de noticias del Forest Peoples Programme informa del estado de varias relaciones entre pueblos de los bosques y diferentes instituciones, mientras estas son forjadas, puestas a prueba o rotas, en el curso de las afirmaciones de la defensa de los derechos humanos básicos, la justicia social y la solidaridad.

Read the submission in English, French or Spanish. 

La propuesta está disponible en español, ingl

Synthesis Paper - Customary sustainable use of biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities: Examples, challenges, community initiatives and recommendations relating to CBD Article 10(c)A Synthesis Paper based on Case Studies from Bangladesh, Cameroon, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Suriname and Thailand.

Brief report as part of FPP's series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas

Petiton submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the Republic of Suriname

This report describes how the concept of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has been experienced in Suriname with regard to: 1) logging and bio-prospecting in the territory of the Saramaka people; and 2) mining and related issues in the territory of the Lokono indigenous people of west Suriname.

Este informe describe las experiencias del pueblo Saramaka y del pueblo Lokono en Surinam con el concepto del consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Se trata con dos situaciones distintas: 1) la extracción de madera y la bioprospección en el territorio del pueblo Saramaka; y 2) la minería y los asuntos relacionados en el territorio del pueblo indígena Lokono, al oeste de Surinam.

Conceived as a tool to aid Suriname to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this report describes traditional methods of hunting, fishing, house- and boat-building and also details the customary laws and practices followed by these peoples to ensure that their use of the flora and fauna safeguards the rich biodiversity of the area.

Utilización y manejo tradicional del territorio del Bajo Marowijne por los Kaliña y LokonoCommissie Landrechten Inheemsen Beneden-Marowijne