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On September 22nd, 2016, Peru’s courts ruled to absolve 52 Indigenous people of all charges related to the death of 12 policemen during the altercation in June of 2009 known as the Bagua Massacre.
On September 22nd, 2016, Peru’s courts ruled to absolve 52 Indigenous people of all charges related to the death of 12 policemen during the altercation in June of 2009 known as the Bagua Massacre.
On September 26, 2016, traditional Indigenous leaders of Peru traveled to Lima to meet with new Kuczynski administration officials regarding the remediation of contamination in their territories.
Jonathan González Quiel
On January 18, 2016, Niger’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This mechanism emerged from the 2005 UN reform process and periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States. It is intended to complement the work of other human rights mechanisms, including the UN human rights treaty bodies.
On January 25, 2016, the Solomon Islands’ human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This mechanism emerged from the 2005 UN reform process and periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States.
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.