Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Fri Mar 17 2006
Alternative reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights presented its shadow report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
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Indigenous Peoples
- Fri Mar 03 2006
Peru: uncontacted indians flee as loggers invade
Loggers operating illegally in the Purús National Park in Peru are causing large numbers of uncontacted Indians to flee from their traditional territory. The nomadic Piro Indians have been forced across the border into Brazil, bringing them into conflict with other isolated Indians whose territory they are now occupying.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Wed Feb 08 2006
Guaraní indians unite
The unity of Guaraní Indians, whose communities are spread out over five South American nations, was sealed in a gathering that ended Tuesday with a march by around 8,000 demonstrators in the southern Brazilian city of Sao Gabriel, where indigenous hero Sepé Tiarajú died on Feb. 7, 1756.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Mon Feb 06 2006
Violent police action against the Tupinikim and Guarani peoples
State policemen carried out a war operation to take the Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous peoples in the Brazilian state of Espirito out of the lands they had taken back peacefully in May 2005 from Aracruz Celulose, the pulp mill giant who controlled the land for almost 40 years.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Mon Dec 26 2005
No declaration for Indigenous Peoples this year - maybe next
The long-awaited international declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples may see the light of day in 2006, after more than 10 years of complex efforts by a United Nations working group, experts announced.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/Gender
/African Descendants
/World Peace and Security
- Fri Nov 18 2005
Colombia: Ethnic groups demand respect for their neutrality in conflict
In four open letters addressed to all of the armed actors in Colombia's civil war, 47 organisations of indigenous people, afro-Colombians, peasant farmers, women, local residents and trade unionists from the jungle province of Chocó demand respect for their territory and their neutrality in the armed conflict.
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Indigenous Peoples
- Tue Nov 08 2005
The Threat of Hope in Latin America
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Indigenous Peoples
/Gender
- Fri Oct 28 2005
Voyage with a vision to Guatemala (January 7-14, 2006)
Learn from local activists in Guatemala about struggles for Indigenous Peoples' and women's human rights as well as the impact of US policies on women's and families' daily lives.
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Indigenous Peoples
/Gender
- Wed Oct 19 2005
Indigenous women’s perspectives on feminism
FIMI is organizing a dialogue about Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Feminism. We would be honored if you could join us in this special occasion in which we will have the presence of Indigenous Women Leaders as Mirna Cunningham, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Lucy Mulenkei, and Tarcila Rivera.
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Indigenous Peoples
/Biodiversity
- Tue Oct 11 2005
Indigenous people defend United Nations "terminator" ban
Indigenous farmers in Peru, the birthplace of the potato, have slammed a move to overturn a UN moratorium on using genetically modified "Terminator" technology in agricultural production.
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