Pueblos indígenas y gestión de la pandemia por COVID-19

Written by Laura Pérez Portela on 19 May 2023.

"Pueblos indígenas y gestión de la pandemia por COVID-19. Vulneraciones a los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y a sus territorios" es producto del acompañamiento institucional del Centro de Estudios Jurídicos e Investigación Social (CEJIS) a las organizaciones indígenas durante la pandemia de

Los pueblos indígenas en un mundo del trabajo en transformación: Análisis de los derechos económicos y sociales de los pueblos indígenas a través del Navegador Indígena

Written by IWGIA Assistant on 05 July 2021.

Este informe, resultado de un ejercicio de recopilación de datos dirigido por comunidades indígenas en 11 países y basado en el marco y las herramientas del Navegador Indígena, analiza las experiencias de los pueblos indígenas en un mundo del trabajo en transformación.

Internet in the Amazon allows Indigenous communities to act promptly on COVID-19

Written by IWGIA Assistant on 30 June 2021.

In 2020, Indigenous Amazonian communities implemented a self-imposed lockdown as protection against the rapid spread of COVID-19. During the lockdown, recently-installed satellite Internet proved to be a lifesaver. Through this Internet connectivity, the Indigenous representative organisation,

Looking back at a year under COVID-19: Indigenous Peoples’ struggles and resilience during the pandemic

Written by IWGIA Assistant on 11 January 2021.

Photo: © ILO

Since March 2020, IWGIA has worked to monitor the impacts of the pandemic on Indigenous Peoples around the globe and supported partners in their efforts to protect themselves from the health ramifications of the virus as well as the emergency law procedures enacted in

Strengthening the security of Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Written by IWGIA Assistant on 07 January 2021.

Human rights violations have escalated in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected, putting the structural inequalities and discrimination that Indigenous Peoples face into sharper focus as they are met by multiple threats simultaneously. 

The impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator

Written by Morgane Jaouen on 09 October 2020.

On the basis of a collaborative, community-led data-gathering effort and testimonies from indigenous communities, this report provides first-hand information on the situation of indigenous peoples in 11 countries where communities have participated in the Indigenous Navigator initiative. It

A Rapid Assessment Report The impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Bangladesh

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 10 August 2020.

A Rapid Assessment Report The impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Bangladesh

Author: Trimita Chakma
Editor: Pallab Chakma

OHCHR - COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 01 July 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, exacerbating underlying structural inequalities and pervasive discrimination. These serious impacts need to be specifically addressed in the responseto and aftermathof

Joint Statement of Network of Indigenous Women’s in Asia (NIWA) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 30 June 2020.

COVID-19 Pandemic Multiplies Burden and Vulnerabilities of Indigenous Women in Asia

Thailand, June 22 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened humanity and wellbeing globally. The severity of its impact on Indigenous Peoples,

International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission: Indigenous Peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts experiencing Human Rights Violations

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 29 June 2020.

Press Statement: International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission

June 26, 2020, Dhaka

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission is alarmed at the reports of allegations of human rights violations, especially against the

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Around the globe

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 16 June 2020.

Reassessing the situation for Indigenous People in a COVID-19 world

As the world has experienced the outbreak and rapid spread of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic over the first quarter of 2020, IWGIA has worked to monitor how the situation has developed and the impacts the pandemic

COVID-19 And Humanity: Human Rights in Peril

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 09 June 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a calamitous global event, but it is revealing the worst fears, especially, human rights, conflict, racism, and starvation.

Some aspects of Amazigh life in the context of COVID-19

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 18 May 2020.

Amazighs living in the various Tamazgha countries (North Africa and the Sahara) consider the national public media (especially TV) to be unreliable. Therefore, when they need information, they generally get it from foreign television stations broadcast by

Statement from Indigenous Women’s Organisations of Nepal on COVID-19

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 15 May 2020.

The WHO has declared the outbreak of COVID 19 as a global pandemic. The entire world has been caught unprepared to cope with this pandemic. Indigenous Peoples to healthcare, essential services, sanitation, information and other preventive measures like clean water, food, medicines etc.

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Africa

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 14 May 2020.

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Call for inputs: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to the General Assembly Impact of COVID-19 on indigenous peoples

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 13 May 2020.

The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is calling for inputs from Member States, Indigenous Peoples representatives bodies and organisations, civil society actors, health workers and agencies,

Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines threatened and harassed

Written by Dwayne Mamo on 11 May 2020.

IWGIA has just learned that the harassment and threats to members of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) and their families in the Philippines have escalated since they have criticised the government's interventions on COVID-19 in mid-April.

Safeguarding the health, wellbeing and livelihoods of indigenous peoples across the world in face of COVID-19

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 07 May 2020.

Statement by the Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples

Message of Ms Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, on the COVID-19 pandemic

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 30 April 2020.

Message of Ms Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, on the COVID-19 pandemic

April 29th, 2020

On 29 April 2020, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples released the following video address on

While the world focuses on COVID-19, Indigenous Peoples in Myanmar are being killed

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 28 April 2020.

Photo by Signe Leth // IWGIA

As large parts of the world’s population are sitting at home in self- and authority-imposed isolation watching the development of the major public health crisis, ...

ACHPR Press Release: Impact of the COVID-19 Virus on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 28 April 2020.

The Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa (Working Group), a Special Mechanism of the

Inter-American Court on Human Rights: Pandemic and Human Rights in the Americas

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 28 April 2020.

IWGIA echoes the essential call for responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic to consider Indigenous Peoples and their human rights, as Inter-American Commission on Human Rights(IACHR) resolution states:  

The

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Asia - Lessons Learned

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 27 April 2020.

Coronavirus Health Risks Among Inuit - Concerns Raised By The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 24 April 2020.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and Circumpolar Inuit Health Committee (CIHSC) express their strong concern about the higher risk that rural and remote Inuit communities face in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Intensified injustice in light of COVID-19: Perspectives from a Peruvian Indigenous women’s organisation

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 20 April 2020.

Our partners at ONAMIAP (Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú/National Organisation of Andean and Amazon Indigenous Women of Peru) have taken a proactive stance in responding to major issues and challenges raised by the emergence of the

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Asia

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 17 April 2020.

'Shoot them dead': Duterte's orders alarm Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Defenders

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 17 April 2020.

Amid the global

COVID-19 and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The International Indian Treaty Council calls for Rights-based Responses and Denounces On-going Human Rights Violations  

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 16 April 2020.

April 15, 2020, Tucson, Arizona: The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), an Indigenous Peoples’ organization with hundreds of affiliates from the North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and the Arctic and Pacific regions, is profoundly concerned about the

Statement on COVID 19 and Indigenous Peoples by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 16 April 2020.

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Latin America

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 06 April 2020.

Many aspects contribute to the vulnerability and particular risk for Indigenous People in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The following are voices speaking directly from different Indigenous communities on

Isolation in the face of epidemics: a survival strategy for Indigenous Peoples

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 03 April 2020.

By Beatriz Huertas and Neptalí Cueva

The compulsory isolation declared by several countries to prevent the spread of COVID-19 calls for reflection on the isolation that several Indigenous Peoples have chosen in order to survive external intervention that, with different interests,

Indigenous Peoples at increased risk due to coronavirus

Written by David Nathaniel Berger on 31 March 2020.

Indigenous Peoples at increased risk due to coronavirus...