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The Indigenous World 2023: Oprindelige folks rettigheder og naturbevarelse

IWGIA kan i dag annoncere udgivelsen af den 37. udgave af IWGIAs berømte status over oprindelige folks vigtigste emner i det forløbne år, nemlig The Indigenous World 2023. Lanceringen fandt sted i New York under den 22. afholdelse af FNs Permanente Forum for oprindelige folk.

Vi var så heldige at kunne præsentere bogen sammen med Danmarks mission ved FN i New York, ved Ambassadør Martin Bille Hermann.

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“We are invisible; we are ghosts”: Inuit in Denmark and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)

“I’m one of the kids that was stolen from Greenland to Denmark back in the 1970s. I grew up in a Danish family, with Danish traditions, and we never spoke about Greenland. Not a word. I lost my language, my mother tongue. In my school we never learned about Greenland, our history, culture or tradition. Not a word. I grew up in Denmark and I thought I was white. I thought I was Danish. But somewhere inside me I always felt wrong, different, and shameful.”

So began the first of many powerful and emotional Inuit testimonies to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Mr. Francisco Calí Tzay on his first day of his official visit to Denmark and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) from 1-10 February 2023.

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Photo: National strike in Peru, Pativilca-Huaraz highway. Credit: John Commandment

Expectations and uncertainties for Latin America's Indigenous Peoples as a new year begins

The end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 finds Indigenous Peoples in Latin America shaken by an escalation of political and social conflicts that threatens the effective implementation of their rights. We examine some of the main events that have taken place over the last days and weeks in Brazil, Peru and Colombia, their implications for Indigenous Peoples and the resistance agenda of Indigenous movements and organisations in the face of intensifying conflicts in the region.

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Indigenous World

IWGIA's global report, the Indigenous World, provides an update of the current situation for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Read The Indigenous World.

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