Rights of Indigenous Peoples

“The power of the Universal Declaration is the power of ideas to change the world. It inspires us to continue working to ensure that all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity. One vital aspect of this task is to empower people to demand what should be guaranteed: their human rights.” – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Illustrated edition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2015 ed.)
https://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/pdf/udhr_booklet_en_web.pdf
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”No one wants the forest to disappear”: Dr. Felix Padel on peace, justice, the Forest Rights Act and music

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How could peace be brought, with justice? Is there even a movement for peace? How does this war compare with other wars in India, and worldwide? Few have targeted civilian villagers as remorselessly, though Ashoka’s Kalinga war, over 2,000 years ago, that killed 100000 people directly, and many indirectly according to Ashoka’s own inscriptions, presents … Read more

Call for recognition of right to self-determination by peoples capable of exercising their right to choose their own social, cultural and economic development path – UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous peoples

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In his report on Asia this year, UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous peoples, James Anaya, stated, “All development policies that are premised on notions of indigenous peoples as primitive and backwards, and in need of assimilation into mainstream society, should be abandoned and replaced with policies that recognise these groups as self-determining peoples capable of exercising their right … Read more

“We can bring the change”: Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People at Jauramunda village – Odisha

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Date: 9th August 2013Text and photos courtesy 12-8-13 © Remish Ekka Secretary cum Executive Director ANGNA Address Remish EkkaSecretary cum Executive Director ANGNAAt/P.O. Kutra-770018Dt. SundargarhOrissa, Indiaekka remish@rediffmail.comweb site- wwww.angnango.orgMb-9937875466

Alternative ways of living: “Buen vivir”, the lived knowledge of ancestral indigenous nations – Andes and the Amazon basin

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Mateo Martínez Abarca (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) | Read the full paper here >> We are currently facing a crisis that threatens not only the survival of our civilisation and humans as a species, but that of life on our planet as a whole. At the same time, the exploitation-based approach to development is facing … Read more

Video | Portraits of Dayamani Barla known as the “Iron Lady of Jharkhand”

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Ballad of Resistance is a video portrait of indigenous tribal journalist and activist Dayamani Barla, her perseverance and tireless fight against corporations and the state machinery. The film follows how she, from a humble background became one of the pioneering adivasi journalists of India and later a writer-activist. Her current leadership in the Anti Displacement … Read more