Costa Rican Government to Push for Indigenous Autonomy Law

John McPhaul
11/20/15
Under international pressure Costa Rica is mulling granting greater self-determination to its 63,000 indigenous...

Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Who’s Afraid of Human Rights?

ICTMN Staff
9/13/15
The following is a joint statement in support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...

Peru Reopens Forced Sterilization Case Against Ex-President Fujimori

Rick Kearns
6/7/15
Peruvian authorities have reopened the forced sterilizations case involving over 300,000 mostly indigenous women, and will investigate further the testimony of former President Alb...

Take Oak Flat to a Higher Court: Why US & Canada Fear Human Rights Courts

Steve Russell
6/1/15
Hundreds of Apaches are occupying Oak Flat, a sacred site to Apache people since long before the state of Arizona, where Oak Flat lies, existed...

Latest Murder of Indigenous Union Leader an Attack on Self-Determination

Rick Kearns
4/27/15
Indigenous Colombian leader Fernando Salazar Calvo was shot to death outside his home on April 7 and local authorities are calling for a "top-level" investigation into the murder o...

Navajo Nation Reaches Out to IACHR in San Francisco Peaks Battle

Alysa Landry
3/17/15
The Navajo Nation is seeking international help to protect its sacred San Francisco Peaks from reclaimed sewage water being used by the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort...

Onondaga Nation Files Human Rights Violations against US

Gale Courey Toensing
4/15/14
The Onondaga Nation has taken its land rights case into the international arena...

Indigenous Leader Acquitted of Weapons Charges Connected to Protest

Rick Kearns
2/19/14
Indigenous Honduran leader Bertha Cáceres, Director of the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was acquitted on possession of an illegal weapons c...

Inter-American Court Hears Mapuche Human Rights Case against Chile

Gale Courey Toensing
6/3/13
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has held hearings on several cases against the state of Chile concerning human rights abuses of land rights activists who were imprisoned u...

Murder With Impunity/Journalists Mowed Down in Honduras

Rick Kearns
8/9/12
Journalists are being murdered and threatened at an alarming rate in Honduras, including indigenous broadcasters according to recent testimony before members of the United States C...

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