Human Rights Watch

Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a Matter of Human Rights

When laws are designed fairly, in line with international human rights standards and applied consistently, they can be an important tool for upholding justice and equality. But without safeguards, ...
Reuters

Comment: Why Indigenous Peoples' rights must be at the heart of the transition to renewables

December 16 - The energy transition towards renewable energy is moving fast, but in many cases, companies are making a fatal mistake: not respecting human rights. This is particularly notable with ...
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Aboriginal group left without legal recourse without federal human rights act

It was a landmark victory in late 2023 when the UN Human Rights Committee found in favour of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people that Australia had breached its international human rights obligations by ...

Tribunal into missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves to hold sessions in Montreal

The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal will be in Montreal May 25-29 to investigate human rights violations related to missing ...
Oregonian

Commentary: Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights

As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab in a university or museum to study the remains of past civilizations, with ...
FoodNavigator

From deforestation to human rights: EU urged to put indigenous perspective at centre of EU policy

Indigenous rights must be ‘at the centre’ of new EU policies looking to stamp out environmental and human rights violations from food supply chains, argues indigenous advocate Edson Krenak from NGO ...
Grist

Indigenous Maasai ask the United Nations to intervene on human rights abuses

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News Online. In Tanzania, the ...
Human Rights Watch

Brazil: Reject Harmful Bill on Indigenous Rights

(São Paulo) – Brazil’s Congress should reject a draft bill that would impose an arbitrary cutoff date curtailing the right of Indigenous peoples to their traditional land. Brazil’s lower house is ...
CBC.ca

Amnesty International concerned Canada is 'rolling back' support for Indigenous rights

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ketty Nivyabandi, ...
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Human rights panel accuses Canada of genocide against Indigenous population

MONTREAL — An international panel of human rights experts has accused Canada of committing genocide against its Indigenous ...
PBS

Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Rights in Conservation

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories in the fields of nature and ...