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Collection of all documents relating to the Twelve Saramaka Clans (Lös) - Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname

Twelve Saramaka Clans (Lös) - Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname See links below for full documentation in date order (most recent first)

Les droits fonciers et les peuples des forêts d'AfriqueLes droits fonciers et les peuples des forêts d'Afrique : Perspectives historiques, juridiques et anthropologiques

Une série de cinq études de pays, et un aperçu général, portant sur les droits fonciers des peuples autochtones dans les pays forestiers d'Afrique Publié par le Forest…

The Batwa of South West Uganda The Broad Situation of Central African Forest People

The Batwa of south west Uganda number only a few thousand people and are one of the hunter-gatherer and ex-hunter-gatherer peoples collectively known as the forest…

Ogiek Chronology 1991-2001

1991- 94 The Ogiek ancestral lands were opened up for settlement besides the opening of closed schools and gazetting of locations and wards. Exodus of the new settlers to the Ogiek…

Letter from FPP to the President of Kenya in protest at attacks on the Ogiek community

Forest Peoples Programme was alarmed to learn of events occurring at Chepyuk Forest, on the slopes of Mount Elgon. According to the reports we have received, the indigenous Ogiek community living…

Eastern DRC - Interahmwe attack Twa communities Statement compiled from reports received from UEFA* and ADELIPO-Congo**

Despite the pledge in November 2003 by the DRC government to root out Hutu rebel elements, ‘Pygmy’ communities in north and south Kivu are reporting increased attacks…

Non-implementation of the World Bank’s safeguard policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Letter from FPP to the President of the World Bank Group

19 March 2004 James D. Wolfensohn World Bank Group 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington DC 20433 USA Fax: +1 202 522 3031 Email: [email protected]   Dear …

CERD responds to NGOs' submission on violations against indigenous peoples in DRC

In response to the submission made to CERD in June 2006 regarding widespread, persistent and systematic violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination against…

The Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Forest Peoples in Central Africa Statement by the Forest Peoples Programme made to the 40th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 15-29 November 2006, Banjul, The Gambia

Madam Chair, Honourable Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Commission on  behalf of the Forest Peoples Programme. May I first commend…