This paper explores the particular issues that COVID-19 has highlighted for Indigenous Peoples focusing on data for governance. Drawing on current global examples, we underscore the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in COVID-19 activities as the basis of data-related policy recommendations to increase the use of timely, relevant data for decision-making while reducing risk and harms.
learn more downloadToday May 9, 2021, NGO Temblores and Indepaz, we join forces to express our concern and alert the national and international community of the resurgence of violence by the State that has been witnessed throughout throughout the country in the last 11 days, within the framework of the National Strike
learn more downloadThe purpose of this initial USAO MMIP Report is to provide tribal communities, law enforcement, and the public an overview of the currently available data regarding MMIP cases connected to the District of Oregon and the USAO’s MMIP Action Plan for 2021. As discussed in detail below, an initial analysis of the available data indicates eleven missing Indigenous persons (six females and five males) and eight murdered Indigenous persons (five females and three males) connected to Oregon
learn more downloadIn her report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights describes the human rights situation and the activities of her office in Guatemala from 1 January to 31 December 2020. She highlights advances and persisting challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights, with a focus on issues related to equality and non-discrimination, inclusive and sustainable human development, justice, democratic space and the human rights impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
learn more downloadAn Act to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
learn more downloadMr. Richard Lee Desautel, an American citizen, shot and killed an elk without a hunting license in the Arrow Lakes region in British Columbia in October 2010. He is a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes and lives on reserve in Washington State. He was charged with hunting without a license and hunting big game while not being a resident of British Columbia. Mr. Desautel admitted that he shot the elk, but argued that he was exercising his Aboriginal right to hunt in the traditional territory of his Sinixt ancestors under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 (Canadian Constitution). He claimed that the Lakes Tribe is a successor group to the Sinixt people whose traditional territory included an area in what is now British Columbia. The place where he shot the elk was within this territory. The central question for the Supreme Court was whether people who are not Canadian citizens, and who do not reside in Canada, can exercise an Aboriginal right that is protected under the Canadian Constitution.
learn more downloadWe, the undersigned members of social movements and international civil society, are writing to express our support for the right of indigenous people to freely decide on development projects within their territories and our deep concerns about the consequences of the proposed highway through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory. We also write to express our solidarity with the
Eighth Grand March of the Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia, currently taking place in defense of Isiboro Sécure and for the respect of indigenous peoples’ rights to autonomy, territory, and free choice over their own destiny.
By living in harmony with nature, indigenous peoples have developed traditional ancestral knowledge that has been a source of resilience, enabling them to devise climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
learn more downloadAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Nations are sovereign governments recognized under the Constitution of the United States, treaties, statutes, Executive Orders, and court decisions. It is a priority of my Administration to make respect for Tribal sovereignty and self governance, commitment to fulfilling Federal trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations, and regular, meaningful, and robust consultation with Tribal Nations cornerstones of Federal Indian policy
learn more downloadAn Act To increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians.
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