Indian Law Resource Center

MDBs and member States must respect the rights of indigenous peoples (more...)

Call for Reparations from Guatemala, World Bank,  and Inter-American Development Bank   

Recent murders, kidnappings and wrongful arrests against prominent indigenous leaders incite call for unity and resistance. (More...) (See official statement in Spanish)

Recent Report by U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples says legislation protecting Native women should be an “immediate priority” in U.S.

Indian Law Resource Center delivers statement at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE...

by Karla E. General* - The Declaration recognizes and affirms the rights of indigenous peoples to their cultural, religious, and spiritual practices, to have private access to sacred sites, as well as to maintain and strengthen their spiritual relationship with their traditionally held lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources.

By Cara Tabachnick for The Crime Report  |  December 05, 2011 (Photo by Rennett Stowe, via Flickr)

By Rachel Buxton for the Seminole Tribune  |  December 15, 2011

The World Bank's Program for Results -- P4R -- would do away with critical safeguards that protect indigenous peoples and their lands and resources.  Get informed! 

Senator Akaka introduces S.1763, legislation that would give tribes more power to prosecute violence against Native women.

Constitutional Court of Guatemala issues ruling affirming the collective rights of Community to its land. 

Center submits comments saying agencies need to not only engage indigenous peoples as stakeholders, but more importantly, rights-holders.

The States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing, Setting the Standard: Domestic Policy Implications of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, on June 9, 2011

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights grants protective measures to Rapa Nui; members of Hito clan arrested for occupying their ancestral lands.

Commentary by Terri Henry | February 2, 2011 It was with great honor that my nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, hosted the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Ms. Rashida Manjoo.

Advocates hope the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women will hold the U.S. to higher standards

UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya issues a statement encouraging Chile to prevent further evictions.

On July 30, 2010, President Obama signed the historic Tribal Law and Order Act into law. The Act is an important step towards ending the crisis of violence against Native women currently occurring on tribal lands.

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An Indian woman is a named plaintiff in a lawsuit that alleges discrimination in hiring at the U.S. Census Bureau, The Albuquerque Journal reports.The Indian Law Resource Center is co-counsel.

June 10, 2010  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe filed a lawsuit today to stop an Act of Congress that threatens to take a fund of money belonging to the Timbisha Shoshone and the Western Shoshone Nation as a whole.

April 20, 2010 -- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, announced today that the United States will conduct a formal review of its position on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Hopefully this means the United States will eventually join the world community and adopt the UN Declaration.

Listen to Robert T. Coulter's full statement:

Declaración de Apertura del Conclave de los Pueblos Indígenas en La XII Sesión de Negociaciones sobre la Declaración Americana de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas

Washington DC, 30 de noviembre 2009

Embajador Jose E. Pinelo, Dr. Luis Toro, Departamento de Derechos Internacionales, Maria Juliana Ruiz, Secretaria de Comité, Dra. Isabel Maradiaga de la Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, distinguidos representantes de los Estados Miembros de la Organización de Estados Americanos, hermanas y hermanos indígenas.

The OAS held a special session on November 11th to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

September 13, 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in an historic vote.  The Declaration was adopted by a substantial majority of nation states, with 143 voting in favor, 4 against, and 11 abstaining.  The Declaration was forwarded to the General Assembly by the Human Rights Council last year.