What happens when the right to love who you want becomes an act of resistance? Peruvian filmmaker Sami Hawka is developing a ...

There's a new way to learn about the story of an Indigenous rights activist who spent 50 years in federal prison.

Beyond their shared experiences of oppression and Islamist colonial occupation, the speakers also expressed concern about ...

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Christophe El Kassis, insists on the need for the rights ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Peru faced the final day of a landmark hearing before a regional human rights court Friday over allegations that it failed to protect Indigenous peoples living in isolation in ...

Nearly seven years ago, the B.C. legislature unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Update: On November 16, 2022, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi signed the new law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Four months ago, the Democratic ...

Montreal, Canada – Indigenous communities are demanding a leadership role in the protection of global biodiversity, as a United Nations conference on saving critical ecosystems is putting a spotlight ...

(São Paulo) – Brazil should not impose an arbitrary cutoff date that curtails the land rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Solicitor General Jorge Messias. His ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Indigenous rights in a landmark case that weighed the constitutionality of establishing a time limit for making claims to ancestral territory. Nine of the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous peoples are effective custodians of biodiversity, lands, and seas, while sustaining distinct cultural, social and economic values of ...

By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1906, s. 2009, the month of October is observed nationwide as National Indigenous ...