Human Rights
/Migration
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Fri Mar 17 2006
Fighting everyday racism
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is marked every year on 21 March with activities led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, New York and at the field-presences. This year’s theme is Fighting Everyday Racism.
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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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African Descendants
- Wed Jan 25 2006
African marginalised communities make their case
Although the Bamako WSF has been dominated by global issues of fair trade and debt relief, marginalised communities from across Africa are also finding their space at the event.
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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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African Descendants
/World Peace and Security
- Fri Sep 02 2005
A disaster shaped by race
Decades of official neglect, racism and the impact of global warming magnified the destructive impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and other parts of the South. While the rich escaped New Orleans, those with nowhere to go and no way to get there were left behind.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
/Natural Resources
- Mon Aug 22 2005
Colombia: Oil palm plantation in Chocó destroys the livelihood of Afro-Colombian population
In 1997 the Afro-Colombian population in the Chocó district, Colombia, was forcibly evicted from its territory by paramilitary forces. The collective territory was unlawfully occupied by firms investing in oil palm plantations. The destruction of natural resources continues. Cases of murder, torture and disappearances have been denounced.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Tue Jun 21 2005
Combating racism
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is organizing an expert regional seminar within the context of the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. It will take place in Bangkok on 4-6 July 2005.
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African Descendants
- Fri Feb 04 2005
Globalization not new; look at slave trade
Many acknowledge that globalization shapes the future, but few acknowledge that it shaped history, or at least the world’s perception of it. Fewer acknowledge that globalization is a two-way street.
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African Descendants
- Mon Jan 17 2005
Social justice and land regularization for afro-descendent communities: January 27
Workshop with the participation of Boaventura de Souza Santos, Miloon Kothari, Alfredo Wagner, Ivo Fonseca, Josilene Brandão, Letícia Osório, Raul do Valle, Andressa Caldas, Nelson Saule Jr. e Aton Fon.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
- Tue Dec 21 2004
Brazil: land dispute against african-descendent rights
Quilombola land area was recognized by the government in 2000 but it was not until recently that work to gain back the land was restarted.
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