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Ocho Sur oil palm plantation in Peru challenged by UN experts for violations of Indigenous rights and environmental damage
22 Feb 2024
Following a complaint by members of the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of the Shipibo-Konibo people, UN experts on business and human rights, Indigenous peoples, environment, defenders, and water and sanitation express concerns about the operations of the Ocho Sur oil palm company in Ucayali in the Peruvian Amazon in form
La ONU examina el historial de Perú en materia de derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas – una breve evaluación - Spanish only
07 Dec 2023
Ante denuncias de violaciones graves y generalizadas de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas en los Andes y la Amazonia de Perú, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas hizo un llamado al Estado peruano para redoblar sus esfuerzos para proteger los derechos
The Shipibo Konibo Xetebo people moving towards self-government through consolidation of their Indigenous Guard
27 Nov 2023
The Regional Indigenous Guard Organisation and its recognised bases met in the Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Yarinacocha to celebrate the second anniversary of the Guard.
Division and misinformation in Santa Clara de Uchunya
23 Nov 2023
This article was first published in Spanish by Servindi.org.
Peruvian Public Prosecutor's Office Charges Ocho Sur With Aggravated Usurpation Against the Community of Santa Clara De Uchunya for First Time
08 Nov 2023
In October 2023, the Corporate Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Campo Verde issued a formal accusation against the company Ocho Sur P S.A.C. for the commission of the crime of aggravated usurpation to the detriment of the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, case number 00102-2022-90-2406-JR-PE-01.
Press Release: OECD Watchdog Admits Case Filed by Indigenous Organizations Against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V
04 Sep 2023
In its first case to address major palm oil commodity trader, the Dutch National
Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises offered its good
offices in the complaint filed by Peruvian Indigenous Leaders against Louis Dreyfus
Company B.V.
Forest Peoples Programme responds to legal letter from palm oil company Ocho Sur
28 Jun 2023
On 4 April 2023, a coalition of 24 Peruvian and international Indigenous, human rights and environmental organisations issued a statement condemning the US Ambassador in Peru’s public endorsement of the palm oil company Ocho Sur’s operati
Indigenous Movement of the Shipibo-Konibo People of Ucayali Responds to Palm Oil Company Ocho Sur’s Delegitimisation Campaign
28 Apr 2023
At a press conference held by the Indigenous movement of the Shipibo-Konibo people, several testimonies were presented about the struggle of Indigenous communities in Ucayali against the abuses of the company Ocho Sur and its campaign to
Peruvian Indigenous organisations express indignation at US Ambassador to Peru over support for palm oil company implicated in deforestation and human rights abuses
05 Apr 2023
Leading Amazonian Indigenous Peoples organisations AIDESEP, ORAU, FECONAU, together with the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, issued the following open letter in response to public remarks made on social media by the United States of America Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna, following her visit to oil palm plantations operated by the Ocho Sur group on 29 March 2023.
Joint Statement: We reject the U.S. Ambassador’s regrettable public endorsement of the company Ocho Sur’s operations in the Peruvian Amazon
04 Apr 2023
In solidarity with the response of indigenous organizations in the Amazon, the afore-signed organizations strongly reject the recent Tweet by the U.S. Ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, that was propaganda for the controversial palm oil company Ocho Sur, which operates with US investments. Our main reasons for doing so are the following:
Submission: "Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment"
13 Feb 2023
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Dr. David Boyd, is preparing a report on “Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment,” a right recognized in 2021 by UN Human Rights Council Resolution 48/13.
Statement by the Indigenous Community of Santa Clara de Uchunya
13 Dec 2022
STATEMENT BY THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA
Gathered in Yarinacocha, at 16:00 hours, members of the Indigenous community Santa Clara de Uchunya, with the presence of representatives of the Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali (FECONAU), the Regional Or
The Santa Clara de Uchunya community reaffirms its territorial struggle (Spanish only)
13 Dec 2022
On 13 December, representatives and community members of the Santa Clara de Uchunya community, accompanied by their representative indigenous organisations, reaffirmed their struggle against the territorial dispossession they have suffered since several years by the company Plantaciones de Pucallpa, whose plantations are now operated by Grupo Ocho Sur.
Press release: Indigenous, human rights and environmental organisations call on Louis Dreyfus Company to remedy its role in Amazon deforestation and human rights violations linked to Peruvian palm oil
05 Dec 2022
This week, Peruvian and international organisations filed a complaint before the OECD in the Netherlands, which calls for Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) to be held accountable for contributing to negative impacts on the environment, human rights and corruption through its sourcing of palm oil from the Ucayali region in the Peruvian Amazon.
Indigenous and human rights organisations denounce criminalisation of human rights defender by police and the palm oil industry in the Peruvian Amazon
01 Nov 2022
This week more than fifty Indigenous and human rights organisations and dozens of individuals from across Peru and internationally issued a statement condemning attempts by the Peruvian National Police and the Ocho Sur palm oil group to criminalise human rights defender Linda Vigo for her work to defend Indigenous peoples’ rights in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon.
Santa Clara de Uchunya land defenders continue struggle to protect their territory and denounce divisions caused by palm oil company Ocho Sur
26 Oct 2022
Between 24 and 25 October 2022, members of the Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya met in Yarinacocha to reflect on their efforts past and present to defend their ancestral territory against agribusiness-led land trafficking and deforestation and oil palm expansion in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. They issued the following agreement and made additional statements during a press conference with regional media.
COP27 - leaders travel to Egypt to demand their rights are protected and to present their proposals for change
26 Oct 2022
The UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP27) begins on November 6 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. COP27 comes at a critical point in the fight against climate change, and many Indigenous Peoples and Local Community representatives will be attending.
Indigenous and human rights organisations submit Shadow Report on Peru to the United Nations for Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
10 Aug 2022
Organisations of the Kichwa, Shipibo-Konibo and Kakataibo peoples, together with human rights organisations, have submitted a shadow report to that presented by the Peruvian State for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the intergovernmental working group of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.
Indigenous Organisations from across the Peruvian Amazon declare their territories in emergency and condemn divisive palm oil company tactics
09 Jun 2022
On 16 May 2022, 13 Indigenous organisations from across the Peruvian Amazon, including local and regional federations from Ucayali, and national Indigenous Peoples organisation AIDESEP, issued the following statement, in which they declared their ancestral territories in emergency for 120 days in light of increasing pressur