Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Public Statement, 23 October 2015 – Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact has called for greater respect for the rights of indigenous peoples inits comments [link to the…
The position paper of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group and their recommendation on indicators to monitor the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. This document will be submitted to the meetings of…
International Indigenous Peoples' Dialogue with States on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Negotiations Bonn, Germany, 17 October 2015 Key demands RESPECT FOR HUMAN…
Indigenous peoples in Paraguay are in a state of emergency according to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur for indigenous peoples.A new U.N. report [Spanish] found “persistent racism,”…
Working Group on Indigenous Affairs of the University of the Andes in Merida, Venezuela, criticises the administration for its manipulative policy towards the country’s indigenous peoples.
In response to an appeal submitted by the Indonesian Indigenous Peoples Alliance (AMAN) and Forest Peoples Programme under its urgent action procedure, the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial…
The shorthand phrase ‘free, prior and informed consent,’ and the acronym FPIC, refers to the right of indigenous peoples to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to proposed…
In a report to the UN General Assembly, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, characterizes the World Bank as a “human rights-free zone” and criticizes…
