COVID - 19

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 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 spread of the COVID-19 virus in Indigenous Peoples’ territories and the resulting loss of life and human rights violations.

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

Written on 16 April 2020.

Tebtebba, 15 April 2020:
by: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

As several friends, indigenous individuals and love ones get infected with COVID-19 and some have passed away I am terribly concerned. Concerned because some of these deaths could have been avoided if we have more humane and caring politicians, societies and governance systems. Concerned, because if we do not learn lessons from this tragedy, we will not see an end to this.

COVID-19 in India: Reverse migration could destroy indigenous communities

Written on 06 April 2020.

Photo of a girl: India Arunachal Pradesh Mishmi by Chris Erni

Photo: Chris Erni // IWGIA

By –Dilip Chakma, Convenor, Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) and Paritosh Chakma, Advisor, ILAI

Introduction

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared as a pandemic and its impact on the world is yet to be fully assessed. Indigenous peoples living on the margins of the society are unlikely to be considered in the scheme of responses and reactions by most of the States.

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Latin America

Written 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 the impacts, concerns, and responses to the new challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America.

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

Written 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, triggers diseases and deaths, disrupts their daily lives and endangers their future.

Indigenous Peoples and the response to COVID-19

Indigenous Peoples at increased risk due to coronavirus

COVID - 19

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

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

COVID-19 in India: Reverse migration could destroy indigenous communities

Introduction

Indigenous realities in a COVID-19 world: Latin America

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

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