Venezuela: Indigenous Peoples of the Venezuelan Amazon again call on the Government of Hugo Chavez to fulfil its constitutonal obligation to recognise indigenous peoples' rights to their territories
Indigenous Peoples of the Venezuelan Amazon again call on the Government of Hugo Chavez to fulfil its constitutonal obligation to recognise indigenous peoples' rights to their territories (referred to as 'habitat' in Venezuelan law). Only 73 villages out of over 3,000 have had their lands recognised since the law for demarcations was passed in the late 1990s leaving most indigenous peoples in Venezuela in insecurity.
Overview
- Resource Type:
- News
- Publication date:
- 25 October 2011
- Programmes:
- Conservation and human rights
- Translations:
- Spanish: Venezuela: Los pueblos y comunidades indígenas de la Amazonía venezolana apelan otra vez al gobierno de Hugo Chavez para cumplir con su obligación constitucional de reconocer los derechos de los pueblos indígenas a sus territorios