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In a landmark gathering held in Bogotá, representatives from eight American nations, including Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, Peru, Venezuela, and Paraguay, convened to address the urgent need for protecting Indigenous Peoples in Isolation.

University of Arizona Law Professor, Robert A. Williams, Jr., critiques conservation strategies that displace Indigenous peoples in a New York Times essay. He emphasizes Indigenous-led conservation as more effective, highlighting global examples.

Amendments to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law could legalise and encourage the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their lands and threaten their physical and cultural survival, Special Rapporteur warned

The Special Rapporteur calls for inputs for a report on Mobile Indigenous Peoples, focusing on challenges, rights, and good practices, to be presented at the 79th General Assembly in 2024. Submissions in English, Spanish, or French, up to 4000 words in Word format, are due by 15 March 2024 with the subject line "Submission to 79th General Assembly report."

The Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples is seeking information in preparation for his upcoming country visit to Colombia which will take place from 5 to 15 March 2024.

Pursuant to Resolution 51/16 of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will dedicate his annual report to the Human Rights Council to the theme ²Indigenous Persons with Disabilities.

The World Bank has given Tanzanian authorities until late December to settle complaints of civil rights violations tied to a $150 million natural resources project that the bank is funding before it launches a formal investigation into the matter.

The signatory organisations call on the government of Kenya to immediately cease all evictions in the Mau Forest, as they are in violation of Kenyan law, as well as the judgements of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Ogiek case.

American tennis players – brothers John and Patrick McEnroe – are set to host a luxury tennis-themed safari tour in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), where Indigenous Maasai people are protesting the Tanzanian government’s forced eviction of them from their ancestral homes.