Access to Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls in Northeast India

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 21 Mayo 2026.

By Samir Talati for Indigenous Debates

In Northeast India, Indigenous women and girls encounter multiple and intersecting

Cultural Barriers in Indigenous Pastoralist Women and Girls’ Access to Justice in Tanzania

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 21 Mayo 2026.

By Maanda Ngoitiko Sinyati for Indigenous Debates

Male-dominated decision-making structures

Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 18 Mayo 2026.

In the context of the 25th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the current Special Rapporteur, Albert Barume, warned of failures to comply with international standards and urged States to recognise Indigenous self-determination. Dr Albert K. Barume also

25 years since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 16 Mayo 2026.

BY LOLA GARCÍA-ALIX FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the face of mounting challenges

Voices from Remote Villages in Kenya: Access to Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 20 Abril 2026.

By Jane Meriwas for Indigenous Debates

Indigenous women in Kenya endure multiple forms of gender-based

Peacebuilding in the 21 Communities of Teopisca

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 11 Abril 2026.

By María del Carmen Pérez Díaz & Elisa Cruz Rueda for Indigenous Debates 

In the Highlands of Chiapas (Los Altos de Chiapas),

Rehumanising Self-Determination: The Naga Experience and the Limits of State-Centred Peace

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 09 Abril 2026.

BY  AKÜM LONGCHARI AND GAM ANGKANG SHIMRAY FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the peace

Peace as a living system: Indigenous perspectives from the voice of Leonor Zalabata Torres

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 22 Marzo 2026.

BY LAURA GALVIS SANTACRUZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Leonor Zalabata Torres is a Colombian Indigenous

Forced Displacement in Indigenous Communities of the Sierra Tarahumara

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 26 Enero 2026.

BY CONTEC FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Since the launch of the so-called "war on drugs" by Felipe Calderón in 2006, violence

Diversity in Mexico: Towards an Intercultural Model

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 24 Enero 2026.

BY ELIAS ANGELES-HERNANDEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The form of multiculturalism adopted at the end of the 20th century through a

Political Victory for Challa: Bolivia’s New Autonomous Territorial Entity

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 22 Enero 2026.

BY BETZABE SACA CHOQUE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

After years of advocacy, the Challa people have achieved a historic

When Sacred Land Meets the Law: Stories of Legal Resistance from Nepal and Colombia

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 20 Enero 2026.

BY LIESELOTTE VIAENE & SABIN NINGLEKHU FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

A four-way, transcontinental

Ñamnagün Mew Ta Pünon: Memories of Mapuche Women Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 18 Enero 2026.

BY CAROLINA ESPINOZA CARTES FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The book Ñamnagün Mew Ta Pünon brings together the

Two Models, One Same Paradox: Critical Minerals and Indigenous Self-determination in Sweden and Colombia

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 16 Enero 2026.

BY LAURA GALVIS SANTACRUZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In both countries, the international

Ecuador: Between Oligarchic Violence and Popular Majorities

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 13 Enero 2026.

BY MANUEL BAYÓN JIMÉNEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the middle of the world lies a plurinational, anti-oligarchic bloc capable of

Cartography of Sumak Kawsay among the Ancestral Kichwa Peoples of Pastaza

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 11 Enero 2026.

70dfY PAUL ANDRÉS SABANDO MOSQUERA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, sumak kawsay embodies the

Mapping living geographies and hope in Wallmapu

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 09 Enero 2026.

BY SARAH KELLY AND MONÉ VÁSQUEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Participatory mapping of local realities, which differs from official state maps,

Cartography as a Tool for Indigenous Governance in the Multiethnic Indigenous Territory

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 07 Enero 2026.

CATALINA RIVADENEIRA AND LEONARDO TAMBURINI FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

For Indigenous Peoples, territory

Cartographies of Disaster and Memory: The Pilagá and Colonial Violence

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 04 Enero 2026.

BY CARLOS SALAMANCA VILLAMIZAR FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In 1947, the National Gendarmerie entered the traditional

Mapping to Protect Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation: Lessons from Geographical Disputes in Yasuní

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 02 Enero 2026.

BY MANUEL BAYÓN JIMÉNEZ AND AMANDA YÉPEZ SALAZAR FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In 2008,

Cartography as part of the Training of Indigenous Agroforestry Agents in Acre

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 31 Diciembre 2025.

BY RENATO ANTONIO GAVAZZI FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

BrazIn the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous Peoples take part in

Territory, Autonomy and Cartography in the Peruvian Amazon

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 29 Diciembre 2025.

BY ALEXANDRE SURRALLÉS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Peruvian State has disregarded international agreements safeguarding Indigenous

Recovering the Land to Recover Everything: the Misak People and Participatory Surveys

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 24 Diciembre 2025.

BY MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the upper heights of the Central Andes mountain

Indigenous Navigator: a New Era for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 23 Diciembre 2025.

BY TRIJINAD CHAKMA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Santal community worked together with the Indigenous Navigator

Self-Managed Data that Supports Advocacy: the Experience of the Txawun of Temuco

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 21 Diciembre 2025.

BY DANKO MARINAMAN AND KARINA VARGAS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Indigenous Navigator initiative has

Empowerment through Data: a Nepalese Community’s Path to Self-Determination

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 18 Diciembre 2025.

BY MANOJ AATHPAHARIYA AND RAMA KUMARI THAPA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

With support from the Indigenous

From Data to Action: Community-Based Irrigation for Food Security among Maasai Women in Kenya

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 17 Diciembre 2025.

BY SAMANTE ANNE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Climate insecurity and drought are forcing Maasai men to

The Indigenous Navigator: from Data Collection to Self-Determination

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 16 Diciembre 2025.

BY TORA JENSEN FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Indigenous Navigator is an initiative created to support Indigenous Peoples

The Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of EACOP on Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 10 Diciembre 2025.

BY EDWARD POROKWA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a

The similarities between the Transition Minerals and Fossil Fuel Economies and their Impacts on Indigenous Peoples: the Case of Lithium

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 03 Diciembre 2025.

BY EDSON KRENAK FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The destruction

Science and Indigenous Governance in the Face of Hydrocarbon Impacts:The Struggle to Remediate Lot 192

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 26 Noviembre 2025.

BY MARIO ZÚÑIGA LOSSIO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In parts of Peru long subjected to oil

El Cerrejón, the Wayuu struggle and coal for Germany: the double standards of the energy transition

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 22 Noviembre 2025.

BY RENÉ KUPPE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In La Guajira, the Swiss transnational Glencore

The Clean Energy Smokescreen: Quebec’s Fossil Fuel Ban and the Mining Boom on Indigenous Lands

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 18 Noviembre 2025.

BY EARTHWORKS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The US Department of Defense's involvement in

Just Energy Transition and Indigenous Peoples

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 10 Noviembre 2025.

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

Customary Justice of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia: Between Reality and Historical Debt

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 24 Septiembre 2025.

BY LAURA ANNE KLEINER & TULLIO TOGNI FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Regional Indigenous Council of

Nine Years of Autonomy: The Wampís Nation’s Process of Rebuilding Self-Government

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 13 Septiembre 2025.

BY SHAPIOM NONINGO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Since 2015, the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís

Between Eclipse and Resistance: Experiences of Autonomy among the Indigenous Peoples of Nepal

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 31 Agosto 2025.

BY KRISHNA B. BHATTACHAN FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Indigenous Peoples in Nepal are

Gunadule Women Resisting: Culture and Identity in the Face of Internal Colonialism

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 29 Agosto 2025.

BY TAIRA STANLEY FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Through identity-based cultural practices such as dance, language,

Autonomy and the Forced Displacement of Indigenous Communities in Mexico

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 08 Agosto 2025.

BY RAMÓN MARTÍNEZ CORIA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Mexican government has appropriated anti-neoliberal discourse

The Struggle for Indigenous Self-Governance in Asia: A Democratic Alternative to Authoritarianism

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 06 Agosto 2025.

BY GAM A. SHIMRAY FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Indigenous Peoples across Asia have long mobilized

Indigenous Peoples and Drug-Related Violence in Nayarit

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 20 Julio 2025.

BY CARLOS RAFAEL REA  RODRÍGUEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In Mexico’s Pacific region, the lives of the Náayeri, Wixárika, Meshikan,

The Ethnocide Committed by the Bolivian State against the Yukí Indigenous People

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 17 Julio 2025.

BY ERWIN MELGAR ORTÍZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

During the second half of the 20th century, the Yukí people

The Friends of the Attawapiskat River and Indigenous Grassroots Advocacy for a Just Transition in Treaty 9 Territory

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 13 Julio 2025.

MICHAEL KOOSTACHIN AND KERRIE BLAISE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Through a

Bolivia: The Energy Transition and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Face of Critical Mineral Extraction

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 11 Julio 2025.

By MIGUEL VARGAS DELGADO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

As attention remains focused on

Indigenous Peoples and the Energy Transition: Mining and Pollution in Argentina

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 06 Julio 2025.

BY SANDRA CEBALLOS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

For over 50 years, through their steadfast activism, the Indigenous

What does a just transition look like for Indigenous Peoples?

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 04 Julio 2025.

BY GALINA ANGAROVA AND YBLIN ROMÁN ESCOBAR FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the

Nickel for Electric Vehicles threatens key forests and the last nomadic tribes in Indonesia

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 22 Junio 2025.

BY GARRY LOTULUNG FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The rapid exploitation of Indonesia's renewable energy

Redefining Green: Outcomes and Reflections from the Summit on Indigenous Rights and the Green Economy

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 20 Junio 2025.

By Rodion Sulyandziga for Debates Indígenas

On October 8-10, 2024, in Geneva,

‘mînawâchihiwewi-ne-wîkiwan/Healing Our Home: Buildings of the Land’

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 10 Junio 2025.

debatesBY BOHDANA CHIUPKA-INNES, FREDDIE HUPPÉ CAMPBELL, MACKENZIE ROOP AND PAULINA LARREATEGUI FOR INDIGENOUS

From Nickel to Lithium: Nornickel, Indigenous Rights, and the Dilemma of a Green Economy in the Arctic

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 29 Mayo 2025.

BY INDIGENOUS DEBATES

As the world shifts to electric vehicles and renewable energy, the

The Unseen Cost of a 'Just Transition': Indigenous Rights at Risk in Nepal's Renewable Energy Projects

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 23 Mayo 2025.

BY DURGA MANI RAI FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The concept of just transition is central to the

Historic Milestone at COP16: The Establishment of a Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and Local Communities Was Approved

Escrito por Laura Pérez Portela en 24 Enero 2025.

BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES (CNTI) FOR