This week internal World Bank review documents identified serious shortcomings in the implementation, oversight and management of its resettlement policies and practices.
Acerca de este manualPara que el sistema interamericano de derechos humanos reconozca, proteja y cumpla adecuadamente con los derechos humanos de las mujeres indígenas es necesario que dichas mujeres…
In order for the Inter-American human rights system to adequately recognise, protect and fulfil the human rights of indigenous women, it is necessary for indigenous women to engage with the system,…
The burnings of Sengwer homes by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) resumed last week while at the same time, the Sengwer are expected to sit down tomorrow to discuss constructive ways forward with the…
In a statement endorsed by Forest Peoples Programme, RRI has raised issues with the overarching framework of the new proposed Environmental and Social Standards of the World Bank. They have raised…
In a collective NGO statement, the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Accountability Counsel and Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) raise concerns about the…
Comunicado a la opinión pública federación por la autodeterminación de los pueblos indígenas (FAPI)Con ocasión del artículo de prensa publicado bajo el título ‘INDIOS DE MIERDA’, en el cual el…
On Friday 27 February, seven security personnel contracted to guard one of Asia Pulp and Paper’s Acacia plantations in the district of Tebo, Sumatra, beat, then abducted and killed an activist from a…
IDB land titling project in Peruvian Amazon must be redesigned to avoid violation of indigenous peoples’ rights and forest destruction The future of an 80 million USD land titling project in Peru…
Dear Colloquium Organizers,The Government of Kenya and the World Bank have invited us and other traditional forest-dependent communities to sit down with them at the International Colloquium…