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August 9, 2023 – Today marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. While it is a day for celebration, it is also a day to acknowledge the hardships overcome and the ongoing rights violations endured by indigenous peoples around the world, including violations of the right of self-determination, criminalization of indigenous leaders, violence against indigenous women and girls...
Within the framework of the 110th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Indian Law Resource Center, the Alaska Native Women's Resource Cetner, the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (together with its project STTARRS Indigenous Safe Housing Center), and Pouhana O nā Wāhine submitted a joint report to the CERD, evaluating the measures taken by...
Proposal for Article XXIV, "Traditional forms of property and cultural survival Right to land, territory, and resources" of the OAS Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, No. 22-915, on November 7. The case will determine whether it is constitutional to prohibit individuals who are subject to domestic violence protective orders from possessing firearms. The federal law at issue, Section 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(8), contains critical protections for Native women and children. It prohibits...
December 15, 2023--Today’s monumental decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Comunidad Indígena Maya Q’eqchi’ Agua Caliente v. Guatemala is a tremendous victory for the Mayan community of Agua Caliente in Guatemala. It is another major foundation stone for the legal recognition and protection of collective indigenous land rights in the Americas and around the...
Happy International Women’s Day 2024! Throughout the Americas, indigenous women lead our indigenous nations, advance our cultures, drive our economies, and guide efforts to overcome the harmful, colonialist laws and ideas that perpetuate gender-based violence in our lands. Today, on International Women’s Day, we urge you to stand with the global women’s rights movement in calling on states to “Invest...
Accelerating Empowerment of Indigenous Women and Girls in the Americas On March 12, the Indian Law Resource Center joined with nine other indigenous organizations to co-sponsor a panel, "Accelerating Empowerment of Indigenous Women and Girls in the Americas," as a parallel event during this year’s 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. In addition to the...
Please note, the following article was translated from Spanish to English by Center Staff *** This is important progress to guarantee the legal security of indigenous communities. This [past] Tuesday, May 21, in an atmosphere full of excitement and anticipation, 20 native communities in the Loreto region received their land titles in a ceremony held in the Centro Arenal native...