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Asociación Estoreña para el Desarrollo Integral (AEPDI) and their justice program, La Defensoría Q'eqchi', have issued a press release about the murder of Adolfo Ich Chaman, a leader of the Maya Q'eqchi' indigenous community of La Unión. They are calling on governmental authorities to take the necessary steps to resolve the conflicts between the mining company C.G.N. (Compañía Guatemalteca de...
September 30, 2009; Rio Upano, ECUADOR (Unofficial English translation) At 4:40 PM in the area of Río Upano, in the county of Morona, in the province of Morona Santiago, a picket line of 500 police officers launched a violent offensive against over 1,000 protestors of the Shuar nationality that were maintaining a blockade on the bridge over the Upano River...
Human rights are rights that are inherent to being human. Human rights include the right to life, to security of the person, freedom from torture, freedom of expression, and much more. Everyone is entitled to enjoy these rights without discrimination. All women have the right to be safe and free from violence. Native American women face the highest rates of...
How Can International Advocacy Reduce Violence Against Native Women? Special Collections | UN Commission on the Status of Women | UN Human Rights Council | UN Special Rapporteurs | UN Treaty Bodies | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | UN Permanent Forum While advocacy on the domestic level is vital, it is important to recognize that violence against Native American...
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Securing land ownership rights for indigenous communities in Mexico, Central, and South America.
In the United States, violence against indigenous women has reached unprecedented levels on tribal lands and in Alaska Native villages.
Helping Indian leaders initiate, win, and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been an important part of the Center’s work for more than 35 years.
Native Women and Tribes File an Amicus Brief in Gonzales v. United States Jessica Gonzales v. United States, a case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, challenges the failure of law enforcement in the United States to enforce protective orders against domestic violence perpetrators. The petitioner, Jessica Gonzales Lenahan, alleges that the United States violates the human rights of...