Recursos

During 25-26 December 2018, the Bribri People were subjected to more violence and threats in their indigenous territory of Salitre, by a group of non-indigenous individuals armed with machetes and guns.  To date, the State has not detained any of the perpetrators.

Durante los días 25 y 26 de diciembre 2018, el Pueblo Bribri, sujeto de Medidas Cautelares de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos que ordenan al Estado protegerlos, han estado sujetos de más violencia y amenazas en su territorio indígena de Salitre por un grupo de no indígenas armados con machetes y armas de fueg

Forty-seven civil society organisations have vowed to oppose any “hateful rhetoric and acts of violence, intimidation or persecution” by the incoming government of Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, as they proclaim in an open statement today.

Clear improvements can be seen in the final text, but much still remains to be done before future FLEGT licensed timber can guarantee that indigenous peoples’ rights are fully protected.

For the Wampis Nation in the Peruvian Amazon, protecting their territory and living well go hand in hand with reclaiming and strengthening their own ancestral knowledge, wisdom, practices and customs.

Para la Nación Wampís de la Amazonía peruana, defender el territorio y vivir bien van de la mano con recuperar y fortalecer el conocimiento, sabiduría, prácticas y costumbres ancestrales.

This technical submission into the CBD process for elaborating a post-2020 global biodiversity framework provides views from the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, the International Women’s Biodiversity Network, Forest Peoples Programme, and several indigenous peoples' organisations and networks.

Today, on the 70th Anniversary of the International Declaration on Human Rights, the Gbabandi platform has launched their report on citizenship of indigenous forest peoples in Cameroon.

Aujourd'hui, à l'occasion du 70e Anniversaire de la Déclaration Internationale des Droits de l'homme, la Plateforme Gbabandi a publié sa 

After the Human Rights Defender World Summit where 150 human rights defenders gathered to celebrate 20 years since the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and 50 years since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Hannah Storey reflects on the need to adapt human rights defender protection schemes for wh

In November the world reacted with outrage after Christian missionary John Allan Chau was killed by members of the indigenous inhabitants of North Sentinel island. Perhaps surprisingly however most of the anger was not directed at the Sentinelese, but at John himself.

As land disputes over palm oil plantations in West Sumatra flare up, community leaders and human rights defenders are being subjected to increasing intimidation and criminalization by local police allegedly spurred on by planters. 

This morning, December 4, 2018, at approximately 8am, 41-year-old Edison de Jesús Naranjo Navarro was murdered in the Nuestra Señora Candelaria de La Montaña Indigenous Reservation in Riosucio, Caldas, Colombia.

Comunicado a la opinión pública. Con indignación, repudio y dolor informamos y denunciamos ante el Gobierno Nacional e internacional y la opinión pública que:

“Indigenous peoples and local communities embody humanity’s creative intelligence and wisdom in our care and love for Mother Earth.

Pari Islanders fighting the occupation of their territory were given a glimmer of hope last month after a prominent environmental defender, Pak Sulaiman, was found not guilty of a land breach.

Over 20 leading NGOs working on corporate transparency have published a statement calling on EU policy-makers to define companies’ disclosure obligations on sustainability issues on the occasion of tomorrow’s high-level conference on the future of corporate reporting hosted by the European Commission in Brussels.

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

Du 10 au 15 septembre 2017, s’est tenu à Yaoundé, dans la salle de conférence du Monastère Bénédiction du Mont Fébé, l’atelier de lancement du projet « Navigateur Autochtone : Données des Peuples Autochtones », co-organisé par Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) et l’Association Okani, avec l’appui financier de l’Union Européenne (UE). Cet évènement a connu la participation de la plateforme GBABANDI (des membres de l’ASBAK, ABAWONI, ADEBAKA, ABEGUENI, ARBO, Bouma Bo Kpode, CADDAP, l’Association Okani), et des médias.