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Oprindelige Folks kamp for inklusion og respekt for deres unikke viden og skikke: Jenifer Lasimbang til Copenhagen People Power Conference

Kan sociale bevægelser udfordre de globale magtmonopoler og skabe en mere ligeværdig verden med respekt for menneskerettigheder? Dette søgte Copenhagen People Power Conference at besvare den 28/9 2023. Den malaysiske aktivist for oprindelige folk, Jenifer Lasimbang fra IWGIAs partnerorganisation JOAS, blev inviteret af Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke til at medvirke i en af deres paneldebatter.

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International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission Stands in Solidarity with the Civil Society Leaders of CHT and Calls for the Defense of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation 1900

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) expresses deep concern over the ongoing lawsuits against the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900, and calls for its defense. CHTC joins hands with civil society leaders in the CHT who have tirelessly advocated for the preservation of this vital regulation.

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IWGIA, AIPP and LAHURNIP condemn the arbitrary designation of legitimate Indigenous Peoples human rights defenders as terrorists by Philippine authorities

The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) of the Philippines has arbitrarily designated Indigenous Peoples’ human rights defenders Windel Bolinget, Jennifer Awingan, Sarah Abellon-Alikes and Steve Tauli – all leaders of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) – as “terrorist individuals” in Resolution Number 41 (2023) issued by the ATC, as part of the powers granted by the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020.

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Rapport om inuits menneskerettighedsforhold i Kalaallit Nunaat og Danmark

I februar i år var FNs Specialrapportør for oprindelige folks rettigheder på officielt besøg i Danmark og Kalaallit Nunaat for at vurdere menneskerettighedssituationen for inuit i begge lande. Nu er rapporten færdig og er blevet gjort tilgængelig her i forbindelse med FNs 54. samling af FNs Menneskerettighedsråd, der løber af stablen den 11. september til den 13. oktober 2023 i Geneve. Her præsenterer specialrapportøren den 28. september sin rapport inklusive sine anbefalinger. Herefter bliver der en dialog med staterne og civilsamfundsorganisationer, der har ECOSOC-status (hvilket IWGIA har).

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