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Read the report in Bahasa Indonesia here

A coalition of 22 Civil Society Organisations have written to Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommending a number of changes to the Bank’s Indigenous Peoples policy (ESS7) in the new draft Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

This report summarises why social audits fail to uphold certification standards and offers possible solutions to re-build confidence in the audit system.

In response to the growing concerns over the failure of certification schemes to uphold their own standards, FPP has just published a new report which emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current audit processes and provides practical solutions on how to accomplish this.

Read the press release in English and

Lea el comunicado de prensa en inglés y

On 28 April 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) sent a formal communication to the Peruvian State, in the framework of its early warning and urgent action procedure, regarding impacts on the human rights and territories of the Kichwa people and other Indigenous peoples by th

El 28 de abril de 2023, el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial de las Naciones Unidas (CERD) envió una comunicación formal al Estado peruano, en el marco de su procedimiento de alerta temprana y acción urgente, sobre las afectaciones a los derechos humanos y territorios del pueblo Kichwa

An independent field study reveals that indigenous peoples in Indonesia lost large parts of their customary territories to a pulp and paper company’s (APRIL) plantations, without having their rights recognised, and without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

Private sector investments promoting the sale of forest carbon credits in the Colombian Amazon accused of disrespecting the right to prior consultation and FPIC of Indigenous Peoples A growing number of press articles published by the Latin American Center for Journalistic

Inversiones del sector privado en la Amazonía colombiana promoviendo la venta de bonos de carbono forestal acusadas de irrespetar el derecho a la consulta previa de los Pueblos Indígenas Un número creciente de artículos de prensa publi

Last week, Politico reported that Sweden, among some other EU countries, is pushing back on incorporating stronger human rights due diligence requirements in the EU’s proposed deforestation regulation, which is in the last stages of trilogue negotiations.

La semaine dernière, Politico a informé que la Suède, entre autres pays européens, s’opposait à l’intégration d’exigences plus strictes en matière de protection des droits humains dans le projet de règlement de l’UE concernant la déforestation, qui en est aux derniers stades de négociation en trilogue.

La semana pasada, Politico publicó que Suecia, entre algunos otros países de la UE, se opone a la incorporación de requisitos más estrictos de diligencia debida en materia de derechos humanos en la propuesta de reglamento de la UE sobre deforestación, que se encuentra en las últimas fases de las negociaciones tripartitas.

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) reiterates its concern about the weakening of the rule of law, as well as the continuous, structural and systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Colombian government, especially against indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and peasants.

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) reiterando su preocupación por el debilitamiento del estado de derecho, así como por la continua, estructural y sistemática vulneración de los derechos humanos y de las libertades fundamentales por parte del Gobierno colombiano, en especial en contra de los pueblos indígenas, afrodescendientes y c

The Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve urges national indigenous organisation ONIC and the Permanent Consensus Roundtable to immediately suspend of any activity and engagement related to the current process to amend national regulations on the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation and Consent

El gobierno colombiano ha intentado limitar el derecho al consentimiento previo, libre e informado reconocido a pueblos indígenas y afrodescendientes en el marco jurídico internacional vinculante para Colombia y en la jurisprudencia de su propia Corte Constitucional.

The Colombian government is adamant that it will resume aerial spraying with glyphosate, negatively impacting indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples without their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).

El gobierno colombiano insiste en re activar la aspersión aérea con glifosato que afectaría pueblos indígenas y afrodescendientes sin su consentimiento previo libre e informado.