Lessons from the Implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord

Written on 20 October 2021.

BY DEVASISH ROY FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS.

With almost 24 years passed since the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, its lack of implementation has reached alarming levels and human rights violations persist. In addition to the ongoing deployment of military and paramilitary forces, land grabbing of Indigenous territories continues apace. Communities have no possibility of complaining about non-compliance because the agreement does not have the status of an international treaty.

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PRESS RELEASE: Civil society calls on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of environmental policy

Written on 11 October 2021.

Over 150 civil society organisations and academics sign open letter calling on world leaders to integrate human rights into global and national environmental policy and practice

In the lead-up to historic agreements on climate and nature being made in the next month, more than 150 civil society and indigenous organisations, and academics, from more than 50 countries, have today published an open letter calling on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of environmental policy.

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Reconciliation between Germany and Namibia: towards reparation of the first genocide of the 20th century

Written on 12 October 2021.

BY ROBERTO HITCHCOCK AND MELINDA KELLY FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS. 

The wounds inflicted by the great massacre of 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Namas in the former colony of Southwest Africa have yet to heal. Added to the concentration camps and slave labor, are the scars from the exhibition of human remains in museums and the manipulation for racist scientific theories. After a century of denial, the governments of both countries agreed to compensation of 1.1 billion euros over a period of 30 years. However, the descendants of the victims do not feel that their demands are heard. 

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A Crucial Gap: The Limits to Official Data on Attacks Against Defenders and Why It's Concerning

Written on 04 October 2021.

Joint briefing produced by ALLIED Data Working Group (DWG) - International Land Coalition, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Front Line Defenders, ANGOC, CINEP, Green Advocates, Indigenous Peoples Rights International, IWGIA, ISHR, Natural Justice, Tecnicas Rudas & other members of the DWG

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