On April 15-26, 2024, the 23rd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s session theme will focus on "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth.”
By Carlos Mamani Condori (Aymara)
On April 4 and 5, 2024, in the Indigenous community of Ita Guasu, Amambay, Paraguay, the leaders and representatives of various communities of the Guaraní Paĩ Tavyterã People held a preparatory session for their participation at the 23rd Session of the Permanent Forum of the United Nations on Indigenous Issues, which will take place from April 15 to 26 at its headquarters in New York, United States.
By Galina Angarova (Buryat)
By Reynaldo A. Morales
In Peru and Latin America, Indigeneity remains troubled by radical politics of recognition that complicate the already untenable relations with Indigenous Nations and displaced societies that existed prior to the new Nation-States’ independences some 200 years ago. Urgent reform of constitutional frameworks that affect the lives of millions of citizens with unique and distinctive political and social identities is necessary to decolonize and establish a legitimate representational democracy.
Statement by Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy Coalition
March 15 marked the EU Council's adoption of the long-awaited Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that aims to protect the environment and human rights across supply chains.
Update: On May 24, 2024, European Council approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
In February 2024, Cultural Survival and partners, Tsilinkalli: Ediciones de la Casa Sonora and Tsilinkalli Radio, submitted a joint alternative stakeholder report on the situation of Indigenous rights in Mexico for the 112th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which will take place in Geneva from April 8-29, 2024.
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
The 16th World Social Forum, held under the banner "Another World is Possible," concluded on February 19, 2024, with a resounding message that Indigenous voices cannot be silenced in the fight for global justice and sustainability. While the five-day conference, the first of its kind to be hosted in Nepal, tackled a spectrum of social issues, a distinct theme emerged: the urgent need to address the unique struggles and aspirations of Indigenous communities worldwide.
Joint Statement by the SIRGE COALITION
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
