This policy guide was developed by means of a review of the relevant literature and a series of listening sessions with Indigenous Peoples’ representatives from the seven socio-cultural regions. Indigenous Peoples are rights-holders under international law, with political, cultural, and legal authority over their territories, governance systems, and knowledge. Their lands, territories, and reso...

The GCF put out a public call for inputs to inform the development of its third Updated Strategic Plan (USP-3) for 2028–2031, which it plans to finalize in 2027. This submission reflects the advocacy and views of the submitting organisations (IWGIA, NEFIN, PINGO's Forum, and IMPECT) and their networks engaged in the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The submission also draws substantially on the Indepe...

The 2026 edition marks the 40th anniversary of this unique publication — a milestone that highlights both the enduring value of long-term documentation and the importance of centering Indigenous perspectives in global discussions. The 87 articles in this edition, written by 129 volunteer authors, document developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2025 and include a special foc...

This submission responds to the COP30 Presidency invitation to contribute to the Roadmap for Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030. Drawing on peer-reviewed literature, international human rights frameworks, and experiences from the Indigenous Peoples’ movement, we address all four questions in Part II of the invitation. At the end of the submission, we present eight...

When representatives from 50 nations gathered in San Francisco between April and June 1945, the world was emerging from two world wars that had claimed more than 100 million lives and exposed the darkest depths of human cruelty. The Preamble of the Charter they signed on June 26, 1945, began with a fundamental commitment: we are "determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, w...

Indigenous Peoples and their Knowledge Systems offer a holistic understanding of climate change causes, impacts, and time-tested adaptation, mitigation,and resilience responses grounded in millennia of systematic observation and intergenerational transmission. Despite being disproportionately affected by climate change due to historical and contemporary colonial dispossession and structural inequa...

This joint submission by International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India, Indian Alliance Paris, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs is in pursuance of informing the EMRIP’s report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-third session in September ...

The global energy transition is generating profound contradictions that reveal how renewable energy production risks perpetuating the same extractive patterns that promoted the current climate crisis. While the transition to clean energy is essential for planetary survival, its trajectory threatens to intensify pressures on Indigenous Peoples. Indeed, more than half of the world’s...

At the 5th IKPA Conference: Celebrating & Advancing the Power and Leadership of Indigenous Women held 23–27 September, 2025, brought together 157 participants, including 128 women, 29 men, and 51 youth from 16 countries and 53 national, regional and global organizations gathered for one of the largest and most inspiring conferences in AIPP’s history.

Collecting data through the Indigenous Navigator has, over the last decade, empowered and enabled communities to document their own realities, priorities, and rights. It has supported Indigenous communities in their processes of self-determination, supported evidence-based advocacy, and ensured that Indigenous voices have been included in policy and development processes.

In November 2024, the “Indigenous Navigator Workshop: Partnerships to improve the availability, quality and use of data on Indigenous Peoples” took place in Bogotá, Colombia. Its aim was to foster dialogue among key actors and to identify how data from traditional and non-traditional sources on Indigenous Peoples can complement each other. The objective was not only to explore the opportuniti...

Currently, Parties are in the third cycle of NDCs, offering a critical opportunity to assess whether Parties have translated growing international recognition, reinforced by several UNFCCC decisions and the work of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP), into substantive national climate policy.

This special edition of Debates Indí­genas focuses on the Indigenous Navigator and brings together voices from Kenya, Nepal, Chile, Bangladesh, and Colombia to showcase how Indigenous communities are using data to assert their rights, shape their futures, and strengthen their self-determination.

This written statement is submitted in response to the priority theme; "Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers".

The second issue, by Ole-Anders Turi, research fellow at Sámi allaskuvla (Sámi University of Applied Sciences),  examines Sámi reindeer husbandry through the lens of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The findings reveal that land encroachment, weak consultation processes, and insufficient protection of grazing areas continue to challenge Sámi reindeer herder...

The first issue is written by Eirik Larsen, head of the human rights unit at the Saami Council, and focuses on Sámi constitutional recognition, the right to self-determination, and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The analysis shows a wide gap between international commitments and domestic implementation.

This joint submission by Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) and thirteen other national and international organizations (see Annex I) on the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Nepal is to supplement the report of the Nepal Government, focusing on IPs, scheduled for review in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group sessions 5...

2024 was a year of resilience, rights, and results for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. We are proud to share the stories and results of our important work with our dedicated partners and network to promote and defend Indigenous Peoples' rights.

For Indigenous women, extractive, aggressive development is one of the most pervasive threats to their survival and well-being, as the presence of State and corporate businesses in their territories increases their exposure to different forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and violations of human rights, such as the psychological violence of threats of forced eviction, loss of livelihood, forced d...

CWEARC first published the handbook on women’s laws in 2006. Since then, new laws for the protection of women and children in the Philippines were passed in Congress and enacted. We owe it to the vibrant women’s movement in the Philippines that these laws were enacted, and we also owe it to our champions in Congress for making sure that the house bills were fought for, until these were eventua...

On behalf of Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact, FIAN International, International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Minority Rights Group, and endorsement from local organizations who wish to remain anonymous for safety reasons, I respectfully submit this urgent plea under the Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure, pursuant to the International C...

This submission presents the Indigenous Navigator (IN) framework as a robust, rights-based monitoring framework capable of supporting the development of methodology and operationalisation of Headline Indicator 22.1 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

In response to SCBD Notification 2025-046 and as a follow-up to the methodological submission made by the Indigenous Navigator consortium in May 2025, this submission provides concrete, community-generated data to inform the development of a robust and rights-based methodology for Headline Indicator 22.1 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). The submission aggregates data ...

The Indigenous World is the unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2024. The Indigenous World 2025 includes a special focus on In...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences Indigenous Peoples in Nepal have of asserting autonomy, and their struggle to ensure their right to self-determination. This report includes a specific focus on the work of LAHURNIP, which offers support to Indigenous Peoples in their struggle to achieve autonomy and self-determination.

The compilation you have in your hands is the unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. We thank them and celebrate the bonds and sense of community that result from the close cooperation needed to make this one-of-a kind documentation tool available. Fo...

The first Arctic Peoples’ Conference was convened in Copenhagen in 1973 by Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations and representatives, the University of Copenhagen and IWGIA. From November 22nd to 25th, 40 delegates representing 21 organizations of Indigenous Peoples from Arctic Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), and Sápmi (Finland, Norway and Sweden) participated in this groundbreaking and suc...

2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which has been essential for Indigenous Peoples’ rights worldwide as it offers a universal legal framework that underscores the fundamental values of equality, non-discrimination and justice. In 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which was Ind...

In Southeast Asia, the surge and intensification of climate-related disasters compounded by alarming levels of environmental degradation and land violations caused by development aggression (such as mining, logging, agribusiness plantations, so-called ‘green’ energy projects, mega-dams, and infrastructure) result in immense harm to the sustainability of ecosystems, carbon sinks and biodiversit...

This submission by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) covers major issues affecting the human rights of Indigenous Peoples in India and provides recommendations to the UN Human Rights Committee for its 141st Session (1-23 July 2024) to ensure the protection of Indigenous Peoples´ rights in India.