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

Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on January 21, 2026. During the 51^st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, members of the international community assessed Nepal’s progress and the persistent challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples.

By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)

By Sukanto Barman (Barman, CS Intern)

Indigenous women in remote areas of Bangladesh uphold traditional values while contributing to their families and the nation's broader society in their own way. Their presence is now everywhere, including education, literature, culture, the economy, and community development. Yet, their struggles and contributions remain unrecognized.
 

The Indigenous Communities of the Thakurgaon District 

By Maya Lazzaro (Quechua, CS Staff) 

By Byron Tenesaca (Kañari Kichwa, CS Staff)

By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)

After four years of frequent visits to Sigma Lithium's site in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil, the situation at the tailings facility has become very concerning, prompting the Minas Gerais public prosecutor to file a public civil lawsuit against Sigma Lithium.  

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

By Gerard Tiwow (Minahasa)

 “Nowhere in Indonesia has the old culture so fast and so completely disappeared as in the Minahasa”  – Hetty Palm, Ancient Art of Minahasa (1958)

By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois) 

Nestled along the banks of the Bobonaza River in Ecuador’s Pastaza province is the “hidden,” thriving Kichwa community of Pakayaku. Located deep in the Amazon, reaching Pakayaku requires driving two hours from the city of Puyo to the river port, and then embarking on a nearly two-hour boat ride.

By Georges Dougon (Dogon, CS Staff)