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Read more about The “Canada Brand”: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America

In October 2016, The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP) published a report documenting incidents of violence associated with Canadian mining companies in Latin America. This study is the first of its kind, compiling information over a span of 15 years from 14 countries in South and Central America about violence associated with Canadian mining companies.

Read more about Land Grabs and the International Criminal Court: Will Cambodia’s Kleptocrats Finally Face Justice?

On September 15th, 2016, the International Criminal Court broadened its process for selecting and prioritising cases to include land grabbing and environmental destruction. The decision presents an opportunity to curb the deforestation and rights abuses driven by illegally-issued agricultural concessions in Cambodia, likely to be the court’s first credible case. It also has important implications for other countries suffering from the worst excesses of illegal deforestation. Neil Loughlin and Tom Johnson report.

Read more about Criminalization Continues in Huehuetenango

On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, another human rights defender was arrested in Guatemala. Domingo Francisco Cristobal was captured on his way home from a peaceful demonstration in the city of Huehuetenango by members of the Special Investigative Crime Division of the Guatemalan police. Traditional Indigenous community leaders, as part of the Plurinational Ancestral Government of the Akateko, Chuj, Popti’ and Q’anjobal Maya Nations, denounced the arrest in a press release.

Read more about Cultural Survival Strongly Condemns Excessive Force Used on Standing Rock Water Protectors

Cultural Survival strongly condemns the recent attacks by the State of North Dakota and Morton County Sheriff’s Department in response to the Standing Rock Water Protectors direct action during the evening hours of November 20^th, 2016.

Read more about Think Globally, Shop Locally: At International Art Festival, Celebrate the Native Peoples of New England

On December 10-11, and on December 16-18, Indigenous artists and musicians from across the globe will come together in Boston and Cambridge for Cultural Survival’s free admission Native arts and cultures Bazaars.

Read more about The International Indigenous Peoples` Forum on Climate Change Condemns the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline

The International Indigenous Peoples` Forum on Climate Change Condemns the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Read more about Human Rights Observer Report on Mission to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation

This report was submitted by Roberto Borrero representing the International Indian Treaty Council, non-Governmental Organization in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, traveling as a Human Rights Observer and in support of Grand Chief Edward John, UN Expert Member, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, about their mission to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the Oceti Sakowin (“Seven Council Fires”) Camp on October 29 – 31, 2016.

Read more about UN Special Rapporteur Addresses the Intersection of Conservation and Indigenous Rights

On July 29, 2016, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz presented a thematic report that examines the rights of Indigenous Peoples in regards to nature conservation to the UN General Assembly.

Read more about Water is Life: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Allies Continue to Peacefully Protect Land and Water Amid Escalating Violence

Since April 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. This movement aimed at protecting the right to clean drinking water for all has escalated as militarized police forces have started using excessive force.

Read more about Indigenous Leader Marcos Terena Receives the Wisdom Fellowship Award

By Sacred Fire Foundation

Honoring his leadership and tireless work for the rights of Indigenous Peoples worldwide, on November 26, 2016 the Sacred Fire Foundation presented Xané leader Marcos Terena with the Wisdom Fellowship award.

The award ceremony took place in Lima, Perú a Gala dinner during the The Latin America Indigenous Funders Conference, a unique event that brings leaders from the Indigenous, donor, and corporate worlds to the same table.

Read more about Pueblo Ngäbe Bugle pierde territorio y 3 comunidades son desplazada por una hidroeléctrica

Por Jonathan González Quiel

El pueblo Ngäbe Bugle, se ubica en el occidente de Panamá y actualmente representa 2 culturas de las 7 etnias originarias que sobrevivieron a la conquista y la colonización española en Panamá.

Read more about Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Addresses the UN General Assembly

Statement of Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the General Assembly at its Seventy-First Session under Item 65: Rights of Indigenous Peoples. New York, 17 October 2016.

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