The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples is gravely concerned at the drastic increase in attacks and acts of violence against, criminalisation of and threats aimed at indigenous...

Spanish GENEVA (9 August 2018) - UN human rights experts* have raised alarm over the increase in killings, attacks and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders in Guatemala, amid...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (7 August 2018) – States around the world must take effective action to guarantee the human rights of indigenous peoples, says a group of UN experts*. In a joint statement marking...

Summary The present report is submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples pursuant to her mandate under Human Rights Council resolution 33/12. In...

Item 7: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: good practices and lessons learned. Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Chair of the...

GENEVA (22 June 2018) - The executive order signed by the US President on 20 June 2018 fails to address the situation of thousands of migrant children forcibly separated from their parents and held in...

In my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, I have visited Guatemala from 1 to 10 May 2018. I thank the Government for having invited me and for its cooperation during...

GENEVA (11 May 2018) – UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, has expressed concerns over the discrimination and marginalisation of indigenous peoples in...