Ce manuel a été écrit pour aider les peuples autochtones et leurs représentants à utiliser les nombreux mécanismes de l'ONU concernant les droits de l'homme. Pour la majorité des peuples autochtones l'ONU apparaît comme un profond mystère. On ne connaît rien ou peu de choses, sur ses objectifs, ses structures, ses relations intérieures, sa manière de fonctionner et sur les résultats d...

Indigenous peoples in Africa face a whole range of problems and suffer from serious human rights abuses. African indigenous peoples are among the poorest and most marginalised populations in Africa. Whether hunter-gatherers or pastoralists, their traditional way of life is often based on extensive land use and their traditional territories are increasingly being approached upon by states and domin...

This book compiles the insights, discussions and recommendations that were the outcome of the presentation of 12 case studies at a very productive and highly intensive conference in Kundasang, Malaysia, in December 1998. By focusing on case studies, the goal was to encourage a problem-solving approach which takes into account both the principles regarding indigenous peoples' involvement in the est...

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1998 and 1999 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas, with a special focus on indigenous women.

In 1998 the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was celebrated throughout the world. This Declaration forms an impor­tant basis for global human rights work, both in terms of an international institu­tional and legal framework and in terms of promoting a universal culture of human rights.

This book is a compilation of reports and papers mostly taken from the official United Nations documentation. It also includes the background to the discussion on the establishment of a Permanent Forum for indigenous peoples and a technical description of the United Nations system. The goal of this publication is to offer a work document, which will be useful in the debate concerning the process o...

The goal of this book is to create a basis for initial concrete evaluations of the question of establishing a joint political body for the Saami Parliaments elected by the Saami people in the three Nordic countries. The first part of the report consists of general background material. These chapters contain a large part of the content of the total report, since knowledge about the past is necessar...

The book describes and analyses the Surinamese legal system as it relates to the rights of indigenous peoples and Maroons. The rights of these peoples have not been systematically addressed in this context before, nor have they ever been the subjects of extensive academic research. The book provides a good starting point for discussions of the rights of indigenous peoples and Maroons, hopefully le...

This book gives a detailed description of the existing international mechanisms for prevention and compensation of serious violations of the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples. This IWGIA document aims to dispel the mystery which surrounds the workings of the United Nations, and to reduce the suspicion which some people hold towards the organisation whilst moderating the exaggerated optimism...

IWGIA's Annual Report presents the results of IWGIA's activities in 1998 and highlights examples of projects and processes implemented or supported by IWGIA throughout the year.

A central prerequisite for the self-determination of indigenous peoples is their ability to exercise control over their territories and management of the natural resources found therein. 

This year IWGIA is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In August 1968, anthropologists and ethnologists working in the North and South America met at an international conference, anthropologists coming directly from the field documented serious atrocities being carried out against indigenous peoples in Brazil, Colombia, Peu and Venezuela. For example, the participants at the conference were inf...

This book is a collection of articles written by internationally known experts, activists and politicians. The document provides a broad and in-depth picture of the consequences of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor concentrating developments in recent years. East Timor is a small country where a regional superpower, Indonesia, has violently occupied and annexed the territory of the indigenou...

One of the fundamentals in understanding indigenous cultures is the indigenous peoples´ relationship to their lands and territories. To approach this issue, we have to accept that land and territories are something different from - although not opposed to - nature. For the sake of clarification, however, we must distinguish between these three components.  

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1997 and 1998 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

Indigenous Peoples and Nations of the Pacific - an Overview The present issue of Indigenous Affairs deals specifically with indigenous peoples´ issues in the Pacific. IWGIA wishes in this way to draw the attention to the indigenous peoples of Oceania. We have been able to produce this special issue as a result of many valuable personal contacts IWGIA has established over the years. The indigenou...

The book is the result of a conference held in Pucallpa, Peru, where representatives from indigenous organizations, environmentalists and independent experts met to discuss different methods for managing the protected areas of Latin America. This is a particularly important issue for the region given that 80% of Latin America's protected areas are inhabited by indigenous peoples. The meeting discu...

"Indigenous Women: The Right to a Voice" contains a collection of articles and interviews focusing on the situation of indigenous women today. With a few exceptions, the articles have been written by female indigenous grass roots activists and academics from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. The document gives a vivid picture of the many different realities and problems indigenous women are ...

This book is an attempt to reflect the process of implementing an ambitious project of territorial planning in the Ucayali region for the demarcation and titling of indigenous communities. The first section of the book, written by lawyer Pedro García Hierro, concerns the background of the project, describing the conditions of slavery to which the indigenous peoples of Ucayali were subjected. In t...

IWGIA's Annual Report presents the results of IWGIA's activities in 1997 and highlights examples of projects and processes implemented or supported by IWGIA throughout the year.

Despite increased and ever more vocal participation by indig­enous peoples at the international political arena, the human rights situation of indigenous peoples remains criticaI. A major threat to the lives, cultures and dignity of indigenous peoples is the rapidly ongoing loss of ancestral territories and the loss of access to and control over land resources. On so many occa­sions indig...

This book provides an overview of the present situation and crucial developments in 1996 and 1997 among indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Americas.

Den här artikelsamlingen bygger på en foredragsserie om ursprungsfolk och miljöfrågor som "IWGIA-Lundagruppen för ursprungsfolk", anordnade i Lund under 1995 och våren 1996. Föredragsserien var ett försök att uppmärksamma och diskutera en allvarlig och ofta förbisedd miljökonflikt i många delar av världen. Inspirerad av det mottagande som föredragen fick och den entusiasm som föred...

I would love to open up the charter of the United Nations´s said one indigenous representative during the second United Nations workshop on the establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous peoples. It was held in Santiago, Chile, on 30 June to 2 July, 1997. and the Chilean government was the host. As it is known to all who have followed the work within the UN for securing indigenous peoples...

Overalt i verden fratages indfødte folk deres jord. De bliver udnyttet økonomisk og ender ofte som gældsslaver. Med eksempler fra Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Indien, Nepal, Taiwan/Kina, Filippinerne og Indonesien beskrives nutidige former for slaveri. Det handler om gældbundne indfødte, der - fordi de er indfødte - diskrimineres, frarøves deres jord og ender som gældsslaver. Der er omkring 35...

Since the publication of Update 2 of 'Life Is Not Ours' in May 1994 the Awami League has returned to power in Bangladesh after 21 years, through parliamentary elections on 12 June 1996. 1 Sheikh Hasina Wazed has become the new Prime Minister. The Awami League has a majority in Parliament and again power relations in the country have changed. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was forced to resign in March...

Indigenous Peoples win Prize on Oil Issue On 13 March 1997, the Peruvian indig­enous organisation, the Native Federa­tion of the Madre de Dios (FENAMAD) received the Bartolomé de las Casas award from the Spanish Prince Felipe of Asturias in Madrid. FEnamad's President, Antonio Iviche and Harakm­hut representative, Hector Sueyo, ac­cepted the prize on behalf of the indigenous peopl...

The book describes and reveals how indigenous peoples suffer from slavery often in the shape of debt bondage and prostitution. The cases discussed cover indigenous peoples in India, Nepal, Taiwan/China, the Philippines and Indonesia in Asia. In South America cases from Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay are revealed. The enslaved peoples are often tropical rainforest dwellers or mountain hill tribes. In t...