By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
 

Cultural Survival interviewed Michel Forst, the first person to hold the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, which is the first international mechanism in the world dedicated to protecting environmental defenders. Rapporteur Forst’s term began in June 2022.

Por Cliver Ccahuanihancco Arque  (Quechua) e Carlos Madrigal and Carlos Madrigal (Mazahua/Jñatjo)

A diversidade de expressões identitárias tem sido um tema recorrente nos últimos anos. Conceitos e percepções foram estabelecidos sob os recorrentes efeitos da globalização no contexto urbano; no entanto, estes nem sempre respondem, traduzem ou incluem toda a diversidade que existe no mundo.

Cultural Survival calls for solidarity with the Yvy Pyte community of the Paĩ Tavyterã Indigenous Peoples in the department of Amambay, Paraguay, who have been threatened and attacked by illegal invaders in their territories since 2021.

Indigenous women have managed to break many barriers and access spaces historically reserved for white men. They have positioned themselves as agents of change, incorporating ancestral knowledge from their communities. From medicine, art, gastronomy, music, to linguistics, these young women are leading movementns of resistance and transformation. Their impact on shifting current paradigms should be uplifted on every occasion.

The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce that in 2023 we awarded over half a million dollars in small grants to support Indigenous projects on issues related to community empowerment for land defense and autonomy; the tra

On July 14, 1923, the Hereditary Chief of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Deskaheh Levi General (Cayuga), traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to speak before the League of Nations. He sought to obtain international recognition of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (historically known as the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations) as a sovereign Indigenous Nation governed by a hereditary council of chiefs.

Under the public eye, Mexico has shown itself to be a fervent advocate of Indigenous rights at both the international and domestic levels. In 2007 it voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and it is a signatory to the ILO 169 Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. In addition, its constitution lists a number of articles protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Nevertheless, violence against Indigenous Peoples is prevalent in the country.

This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the SIRGE Coalition encourages you to take action in support of Indigenous communities who are facing threats from mining for transition minerals. 

According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Walk Free, 49.6 million people worldwide are trapped into various forms of modern slavery, including 27.6 million in forced labor and 22 million in forced marriages.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, if I wanted to peer into my history, I did not visit a museum. Accessing the world of my ancestors meant putting my rain gear on, taking a boat to an old Haida village site, and seeing the places where my people lived and thrived since time immemorial.

Malaysia’s human rights record will be reviewed at the 45th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group of the Human Rights Council in January 2024. This will be the fourth time Malaysia is reviewed under this mechanism.  The Universal Periodic Review process assesses the human rights situation of UN member States by peer States and also takes into account information gathered in reports from civil society.