In August, during the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s (CERD) 75th Session, Colombia, Peru, and the Philippines were among the states that were reviewed for their adherence to and implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. CERD raised many concerns about ongoing discrimination against Indigenous Peoples and made concrete recommendations on how the three states can improve their record in its Concluding Observations.
Twelve members of the Awá Indigenous community are reported to have been killed by armed men in camouflage on August 26, 2009 in El Rosario, Tumaco, in the southern border state of Nariño, Colombia. Eleven people were shot and killed, including four children and three teenagers, and three more were wounded.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.