The Khomani San of South AfricaThe San peoples of South Africa have over the past century been decimated to the point of virtual extinction. Those that survived were driven off their traditional…
Letter submitted by the Saramaka people to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) expressing serious concern about the compatibility of IADB projects in Suriname as these relate to the judgment…
Tuesday morning 19th October at 11 AM (Nagoya time) the plenary has finished. On behalf of the IIFB, Maria Eugenia Choque (Bolivia), took the floor and read the Opening Statement, taking 7 full…
Nature is being destroyed all over the world. This issue is currently problematised as the destruction of biodiversity. States have started to work together to prevent this in 1992 by signing the…
The CBD COP 7 and related conferences/meetings, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6-20 February, 2004 Report on Protected Areas Contents PART I: SUMMARY REPORT 1 Key issues at CBD COP 7 2 Key…
Submission of the Forest Peoples Programme concerning the Republic of Suriname and its Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsArticles 1, 26 and 27: The Rights…
On August 8, 2002, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a request to the Government of Suriname asking that it “take appropriate measures to suspend all concessions, including…
