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Today, on International Human Rights Defenders Day, we remember the stories which inspired the Zero Tolerance Initiative which aims to tackle the killings and violence linked to global supply chains.

Many indigenous peoples and local communities now find themselves in areas classed as State Forests or concessions for plantations, and are thereby deprived of secure rights. The result is land conflicts all over the country.

Representatives from indigenous, Afro-descendent and peasant communities from 16 countries issued an urgent call for action: the Geneva Declaration. This calls for an end to the violence, killing and deliberate criminalisation of people defending their rights, lands and their communities.

A silent war is being waged against the indigenous people and local communities who are defending their lands against the expansion of industry. Environmental and human rights defenders face significant — and growing — risks, experiencing violence, intimidation and criminalisation as a result of their efforts.

FPP, with SwedBio, is co-hosting an event titled 'Human rights for thriving indigenous peoples, local communities and healthy ecosystems in the post-2020 global biodiversity agenda'. This will discuss how a human rights and ecosystem-based approach can best be included in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

On the 25 September 2019, two leaders of the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous people explained to the magistrates of Peru’s Constitutional Court why the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya were suing the Regional Government of Ucayali and its agricultural agency.

Delegates at the conference released the Bata’an Statement, committing them to continued collaboration on tackling business-related human rights abuses in the region.

Human rights violations by one of the world’s biggest palm oil suppliers, Wilmar International, and its subsidiaries and suppliers in West Sumatra have been revealed in a new report, released today.

Pelanggaran HAM oleh salah satu pemasok minyak kelapa sawit terbesar di dunia, Wilmar International, dan anak perusahaan serta pemasoknya di Sumatra Barat diungkapkan dalam sebuah laporan baru yang dirilis hari ini.

Two new independent reports, one from Greenpeace and another joint one from the Environmental Investigation Agency and Grassroots, raise important concerns about the urgent need for the RSPO to raise its game on enforcing its standards.

In 2018, Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice declared under judgement STC 4360 that the Amazon Rainforest is a subject with rights that need to be respected. It ordered that the state must take measures at the local and national levels to protect these rights, defend the forest and combat climate change.

En el año 2018, la Corte Suprema de Justicia declaró en virtud de la sentencia STC 4360 al bosque tropical del Amazonas como un “sujeto de derechos”, y que dichos derechos deben ser respetados.

​​​​​​The National Toshaos Council -- the body of leaders of the indigenous villages in Guyana – held its annual conference in October 2019.

The UN has requested that the Regional Government of Ucayali cancel its plans to remove protections for a 3.5 million hectare area of Amazon rainforest. This would facilitate the invasion of indigenous Shipibo lands in Peru, and expose at least 100,000 hectares to immediate threat from settlers and agribusiness operations.

La ONU ha pedido al Gobierno Regional de Ucayali la derogación de una ordenanza que iniciaría la remoción de protecciones sobre un área de 3.5 millones de hectáreas de la Amazonía y facilitaría la invasión de territorios indígenas. Eso expone a por lo menos 100,000 hectáreas a amenazas inmediatas de colonización y operaciones de agro-negocios.

The Zero Tolerance Initiative seeks to address violence, intimidation and killings of indigenous people and other human rights defenders linked to global supply chains.

In September 2019, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA), Rainforest Foundation US, and Forest Peoples Programme published a report on the land tenure situation of 20 indigenous communities in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region.

Geneva, October 2019* The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, has provided Peru's Constitutional Tribunal with an expert legal briefing

Ginebra, Octubre de 2019*, la Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, Vicky Tauli Corpus ha enviado al Tribunal Cons

The indigenous Sengwer have suffered severe human rights violations at the hands of the Kenyan Government. In consultation with indigenous organisations, XR Scotland took action to demand that the Kenyan President recognise the Sengwer's right to their ancestral land.