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Agua Caliente, a Q’eqchi’ Maya community in Guatemala, is one step closer to having their case heard by an international human rights body. In February 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights transferred Agua Caliente’s petition to Guatemala and set a three-month deadline to receive its responsive brief. The move by the Commission formally launched the first phase of the...

The clock is ticking for UN leaders to develop a system-wide action plan to fulfill the mandates outlined in the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples outcome document. The outcome document includes three specific areas championed by tribal leaders that require further UN action: the creation of an implementing and monitoring body for the UN Declaration on the Rights of...

The Organization of American States (OAS), a regional intergovernmental organization that seeks to build collaboration among its 35 member countries of the Americas, completed the fourth round of negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on May 15, 2015. “Because of our success with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, some feel...

Indigenous leaders deliberate during the May 15, 2015, negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Photo courtesy Vera Narvaez-Lanuza. May 15, 2015, the Indigenous Caucus of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas withdrew from the 18th session of the negotiations on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Negotiations hit a stalemate when...

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President's Message: Thank you for your continued support The Center helped achieve major victories in 2014 and we are poised for even greater success in 2015. We invite you to visit our 2014 annual report to learn more about the Center's work around the world and how to get involved. ( More ... ) Indigenous Caucus withdraws from negotiations on...

On June 22, 2015, during the Human Rights Council's interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty in Geneva, Leonardo Crippa, senior attorney in the Center's Washington, D.C. office, introduced a joint statement with Amnesty International urging international financial institutions to respect the rights of indigenous peoples.

On June 10, 2015, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs considered testimony from federal, state, and tribal officials during its oversight hearing, titled “ Addressing the Need for Victim Services in Indian Country.” Federal studies show that American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience some of the highest rates of victimization in the country. One in three American Indian and...