Focusing on the the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area Complex in CAR, this briefing highlights some key issues that need to be addressed to ensure that potential plans for Reducing Emissions from…
The evidence draws on detailed studies by Forest Peoples Programme which reveal a systematic failure of the effectiveness of World Bank projects and policies to protect the rights and improve the…
+ 61 2 8396 7611 + 61 403 650 226 Amnesty International Australia has joined with 93 other non-government organisations, which work on behalf of refugees and migrants in the …
A joint statement from Amnesty International Australia and 93 other non-government organisations voices concern over reports that Rohingyas from Burma and migrants from Bangladesh have…
Participants in a workshop held on 30 June 2010 in Yaounde have called for concrete measures to recognise the rights of forest peoples in all REDD policies and actions. They have challenged the…
Issued by Malaysian BarCall to the Malaysian Government to implement its commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 in the face of continued abuse of indigenous peoples…
BBC World News reports that an oil palm plantation now owned by the Malaysian IOI Group has taken over Kayan people's lands without their consent. According to the BBC reports, the Kayan have been…
It has been reported that a bloody clash occurred between Riau Police Mobile Brigade and hundreds of palm oil plantation smallholders and members of KUD Prima Sehati cooperative on 8 June, 2010.
A shadow report was submitted to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child by FPP and UOBDU (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda) which outlined the deplorable situation of Batwa…
