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Human Rights Victory in the Ecuadorian Amazon
By Angela Kim In the central Ecuadorian Amazon, the Indigenous Sarayaku community won a major feat this year in the ongoing struggle to defend their territory from resource extraction....
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Redefining Hunger and Malnutrition as Human Rights Issues
By Carol Dreibelbis A recent report by The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch found that human rights play a crucial role in ensuring food security and nutrition for all. The report looks at who...
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Indigenous Anuak Submit Complaint to Inspection Panel over Forced Villagization
By Andrew Alesbury The Anuak, an Indigenous group inhabiting the Gambella region of southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan, recently submitted an appeal to the World Bank Inspection Panel...
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UN Global Compact Hosts Webinars, Provide Your Comments
On International Human Rights Day, the UN Global Compact released an exposure draft of their upcoming publication, A Business Reference Guide on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,...
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Balancing Economic Development with Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Peru
by Nick Pelosi on Making the Business Case In January 2013, at least a dozen people were injured in clashes between police and members of a Quechua community at Candente Copper Corporation’s Canariaco...
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UN Rights Chief Urges States to Respect Indigenous Treaties
French and Spanish versions, see below UN rights chief Navi Pillay urges States to do more to respect treaties with indigenous peoples GENEVA (7 August 2013) –States need to do more to honour and...
View ArticleHeeding Risk in the Supply Chain
In July 2013, a Canadian court ruled that Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) can be tried for overseas human rights violations in Canada. Security personnel working for the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in...
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What Are Indigenous Rights?
by Britnae Purdy We throw around the term “human rights” a lot. It’s a term that gets people listening, at least for a moment – we know that human rights abuses are bad, that we’re supposed to oppose...
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Courage, Creativity, and Vision: Co-recipients of the 2014 FIMI Leadership Award
Reposted from Cultural Survival In May 2014, the Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas (International Indigenous Women’s Forum) awarded its annual Leadership Award to two extraordinary and committed...
View ArticleExxonMobil Human Rights Lawsuits Proceed
In September 2014, Foley Hoag reported that “the District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that two closely related cases filed against Exxon Mobil Corporation, and several of the company’s...
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How to Maximize Your Effectiveness at the United Nations Permanent Forum on...
Reposted from Cultural Survival Quarterly Issue 38-4 Indigenous Rights Protect Us All (December 2014) By Joshua Cooper The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is an advisory body to the...
View ArticleAsia Indigenous Peoples Pact Reports on Corporations
In December 2014, the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact published a briefing paper detailing the experiences of Indigenous Peoples affected by corporate activities in Asia, with a focus on mines, dams, and...
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Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership: What It Means for Indigenous...
This article has been reposted from Cultural Survival, originally published April 13, 2015. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a massive, controversial free trade agreement currently...
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Life in the Between: The Beauty and Importance of the Two-Spirit People
By Katie Redmiles Courtesy of www.dancingtoeaglespiritsociety.org Issues on gender and sexuality are on the forefront of human rights campaigns in society today. As a culture, America struggles to...
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Guatemala’s Community Radio Movement Marches for Justice
The past few weeks have been extremely important for the political future of Guatemala. On April 16, 2015, the Guatemalan Public Ministry, with the help of the International Commission Against...
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Alarming Trend of Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls Continues in...
The human rights violation on indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh has turned into a matter of grave concern over the years. As a part of its sustained work, Kapaeeng Foundation monitored and...
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How to Maximize Your Effectiveness at the United Nations Permanent Forum on...
Reposted from Cultural Survival Quarterly Issue 38-4 Indigenous Rights Protect Us All (December 2014) By Joshua Cooper The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is an advisory body to the...
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