For historical reasons such as being organized into autonomous regions, ethnic minorities reside in underdeveloped and remote areas, consequently, there is limited access to healthcare—in addition to technology, transportation, and economic resources.In a 2009 healthcare reform, the government vowed that equalization of basic healthcare to the public will be one of its five main projects. Even though this reform aided in attracting private investors, because of remoteness and the economy of regions, it does not have considerable impact, requiring the allocation of funds to alleviate the existing problems and encourage investment.

This article explores how global environmental organizations unintentionally fostered the notion of indigenous people and rights in a country that officially opposed these concepts. In the 1990s, Beijing declared itself a supporter of indigenous rights elsewhere, but asserted that, unlike the Americas and Australia, China had no indigenous people. Instead, China described itself as a land of “ethnic minority” groups, not indigenous groups.

Due to the rapid disappearance of tradition and culture, many young indigenous people are strangers to their true indigenous names and worry that they will use it wrong or pick the wrong name. Many are also already used to using Chinese names and the changing of a name is not without its effects on daily life. What’s more, lack of awareness among employees at local government agencies also lead to breakdowns in communication and reduce indigenous people’s willingness to register their traditional names.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a draft law “On the indigenous peoples of Ukraine” (№ 5506) to the Verkhovna Rada as urgent. This document defines the rights of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine and the peculiarities of their implementation in order to promote the consolidation and development of the Ukrainian nation, as well as the development of ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of such peoples.

Human Rights Watch is an international nongovernmental organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses around the world. In conducting our research in different countries, we apply international treaties currently in force in this field, and work with governments and civil society to uphold human rights and the rule of law. As you know, Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso suspended the effects of the Resolution on March 16, arguing that its provisions are unconstitutional.[2] The then Solicitor General challenged this suspension on procedural grounds. If his challenge succeeds, the resolution will go into effect. Rather than await a final ruling, FUNAI should revoke the Resolution once and for all and communicate with the Solicitor’s General Office so that it drops its challenge.

This report, submitted by Human Rights Watch to the Canadian Standing Committee on Indigenous Northern Affairs, details the effects of climate change on indigenous lifeways and traditional sustenance methods. It…

Tropical rainforests are also home to Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) who have sustainably managed these forests for generations but whose lands and rights are under increasing threat. Research demonstrates that IPLCs with recognized tenure and forest management rights are some of the world’s best forest protectors. The climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development benefits of IPLC management are significant, cost-effective, and with few negative side-effects for nature or people, as shown by mounting scientific evidence recognized by both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Of the approximately 7,000 Indigenous languages spoken around the world, four out of ten are in danger of disappearing, the United Nations has reported.1)
The impending extinction of these languages “puts the cultures and knowledge systems to which they belong at risk,” as UNESCO writes.This article aims at providing an overview of the state of Indigenous languages in the Arctic, relevant and current issues, as well as the role that regulations play in maintaining and strengthening Indigenous languages.

In Canada, the introduction of the “Indigenous Languages Act” in 2019 reignited discussions on the status and treatment of Indigenous languages and peoples. For this reason, the first article will focus on the example of Canada in order to examine some of the relevant controversies, cases of dispute, and the delicate balance in state support of Indigenous languages.

For thousands of years, the Mohican people inhabited an island along the Mahhicannituck, known today as the Hudson River. Now, almost four centuries after their ancestors’ painful removal from the region, Papscanee
Island is being returned to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.