Ressources

The case of Santa Clara de Uchunya and their fight to obtain justice and regain their territory

The RSPO has upheld that Peruvian palm oil miller OLPESA must not buy or process palm from deforested Indigenous lands, which were converted to a plantation which the RSPO condemned in 2016. However, its decision fails to dispel the spectre of human rights violations and large-scale deforestation from agroindustrial supply chains given the limited scope of the RSPO’s own standards.

La RSPO ha afirmado que la planta extractora de aceite OLPESA no debe comprar ni procesar palma de tierras indígenas deforestadas en el Perú, que se convirtieron en una plantación condenada por la RSPO en 2016. No obstante, su decisión no logra disipar el espectro de las violaciones de derechos humanos y deforestación a gran escala en las cadenas de suministro de productos agroindustriales debido al alcance limitado de los estándares de la RSPO.

The Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation has denounced that the National Service of Natural Protected Areas of Peru has been attempting to categorise part of their territories, the mountain range of Kampankias, without consent or respect for their right to self-determination.

This report finds that Indigenous Peoples impacted by the global commodity frontier frequently face intimidation for defending their collective rights and territories amidst the expansion of logging, industrial agriculture, extractive projects and investments, and narcotics production.

El informe Despidiéndose de la Impunidad encuentra que los pueblos indígenas, quienes se enfrentan a la frontera extractivista de las cadenas globales de mercancía, a menudo afrontan intimidación por defender sus territorios y derechos colectivos, frente a la expansión de la tala, la agricultura industrial, los proyectos e inversiones extractivas y la producción de narcóticos.

The Shipibo community is calling on the Peruvian Government to ensure the safety of community members who are experiencing intimidation and threats for taking direct action to stem the expansion of illegal logging and narcotics production in their territory.

La comunidad Shipiba de Flor de Ucayali hace un llamado al gobierno peruano para garantizar la seguridad de los miembros de la comunidad que están sufriendo intimidación y amenazas por tomar acciones directas para detener la expansión de la tala ilegal y la producción de narcóticos en su territorio.

FECONAU has sent a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Representing 35 communities of the Shipibo, Awajún and Asháninka people in the Ucayali region, the letter and report provides relevant, first-hand information assessing and reporting on the impact of COVID-19 on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

FECONAU ha enviado una carta al Relator Especial de la ONU sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en Perú. En representación de 35 comunidades de la región de Ucayali, la carta y el informe, enviados en junio, proporcionan información relevante y de primera mano que evalúa e informa sobre el impacto de COVID-19 en los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. 

Ocho Sur, a company dedicated to the production of oil palm in the region of Ucayali, has been working during the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the local population to the disease. Indigenous and human rights organisations have formally denounced this actions - just one of the many violations that the company has been systematically committing.

Ocho Sur, empresa dedicada a la producción de la palma aceitera en la región de Ucayali, ha venido trabajando durante la pandemia del COVID-19 exponiendo a la población local al contagio, por lo que organizaciones indígenas y de los derechos humanos la han denunciado penalmente. Esta es una de las muchas violaciones que ha venido cometiendo la empresa sistemáticamente.

Faced with the ineffectiveness of the Peruvian State amid the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Peruvian Amazon, various Indigenous Peoples have taken actions and proposed intercultural measures to protect their territories and the wellbeing of their communities.

Ante la inoperancia del Estado y el avance de COVID-19 en la Amazonía peruana, diversos pueblos indígenas vienen tomando acciones y proponiendo medidas interculturales para proteger sus territorios y el bienestar de sus comunidades.

In a milestone for the defence of indigenous territories and forests in the Peruvian Amazon, the Ucayali government has repealed a regional ordinance which sought to remove protections for more than 3.5 million hectares of rainforest and facilitate the invasion of indigenous lands.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, has concluded his visit to Peru stating he is “appalled” by the criminalisation of environmental defenders.

Wampis and Awajun communities devastated by oil contamination demand justice as State-run oil company Petroperu is found responsible, and hit with historic US$ 5.1 million fine by environmental regulator.

In June 2014, an oil spill occurred along the Northern Peru pipeline. Over five years later and following a lengthy court battle, the indigenous communities most gravely impacted by this disaster have managed to secure approval and financing for an unprecedented health action plan.

On Wednesday 25 September, Peru’s Constitutional Tribunal will hold a hearing with implications for the future of the Amazon rainforest, indigenous peoples’ rights, and the fight against climate change.

Indigenous Peoples in Peru have achieved a significant landmark in the fight against climate change, with the country set to launch the world’s first Indigenous Climate Platform.