Resources

New tool: "Where there are no judges or police: The administration of indigenous justice in Peru"

21 Dec 2020
This manual, through a series of concepts and guidelines, seeks to contribute to the safe exercise of the right to indigenous justice, prioritising the resolution of conflicts through traditional and peaceful mechanisms, and without contemplating violence or other types of aggression that could be used against them, whether through criminalisation by the state justice system or other types of harassment.

Indigenous women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator

25 Oct 2020
The result of a collective and community-led data-gathering exercise relying on the Indigenous Navigator framework and tools, this report identifies and discusses the experiences, needs, concerns and aspirations of indigenous women in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

"Territory": Video by the Emberá people of Colombia

03 Aug 2020
Cañamono Lomaprieta is an indigenous reserve of colonial origin, a 'resguardo' that has had a resistance for more than 500 years... [since] the whole process of colonisation began, of the entire continent, and towards the land of what is today Caldas. The colonisers arrived here very early as a result of all the gold.

"Mother Earth": Video by the Emberá people of Colombia

22 May 2020
Where there is an indigenous reserve or there are indigenous people, if there is no traditional medicine, it is all for nothing. If there is no traditional culture and traditional medicine [...] I believe that an indigenous reservation will have no strength. The territory is also very important, because indigenous people without territory are thrown into the air, into the space of capitalism, where one has no room for one's own life, but rather is at the mercy of the system of large-scale exploitation.

Our Land, Our Life - A Participatory Assessment of Land Tenure

03 May 2018
In Guyana, communities are suffering because they do not have title to the full extent of their traditional lands, or have no title at all. This report seeks to present a detailed picture of the current status of land rights for communities in the Potaro-Siparuni region (Region 8) in west-central Guyana.

Protecting Forest Defenders

11 Oct 2017
Around 5 per cent of the world’s population are indigenous, and every day huge numbers of indigenous people risk their life in protection of their ancestral lands. According to Global Witness’ Defenders of the Earth 2017 report, nearly 40 per cent of the defenders who died in 2016 were indigenous.

Melindungi Pembela Hutan

11 Oct 2017
Sekitar 5 persen penduduk bumi adalah masyarakat adat, dan setiap hari banyak sekali warga masyarakat adat menghadapi risiko kematian dalam perjuangan melindungi tanah leluhur mereka.