Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a position she has held since 2014. An indigenous leader hailing from the Kankanaey Igorot community in the Philippines’ Cordillera region, she has been fighting for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and rural women since the 1970s, when she helped build an indigenous movement that successfully stopped major dam and logging projects in the Cordillera region.
Since then, Tauli-Corpuz has founded and managed several civil society organizations dedicated to the advancement of indigenous and women’s rights, including the Tebtebba Foundation, of which she serves as founder and executive director. In addition to her duties as UN Special Rapporteur, Tauli-Corpuz also serves as an expert for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, an adviser for the Third World Network, and a member of the United Nations Development Programme Civil Society Organizations Advisory Committee.
In March 2018, Tauli-Corpuz was placed on a list of “terrorists” by the Philippine government, alongside hundreds of other indigenous and human rights defenders, as retaliation for speaking up against the Duterte administration’s human rights violations. She remains in exile from her native Philippines, and continues to fight for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and women around the world.
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a position she has held since 2014. An indigenous leader hailing from the Kankanaey Igorot community in the Philippines’ Cordillera region, she has been fighting for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and rural women since the 1970s, when she helped build an indigenous movement that successfully stopped major dam and logging projects in the Cordillera region.
Since then, Tauli-Corpuz has founded and managed several civil society organizations dedicated to the advancement of indigenous and women’s rights, including the Tebtebba Foundation, of which she serves as founder and executive director. In addition to her duties as UN Special Rapporteur, Tauli-Corpuz also serves as an expert for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, an adviser for the Third World Network, and a member of the United Nations Development Programme Civil Society Organizations Advisory Committee.
In March 2018, Tauli-Corpuz was placed on a list of “terrorists” by the Philippine government, alongside hundreds of other indigenous and human rights defenders, as retaliation for speaking up against the Duterte administration’s human rights violations. She remains in exile from her native Philippines, and continues to fight for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and women around the world.
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
Organization: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña
Community: Tlapa de Comonfort
Spokesperson Name: Abel Barrera
Organization: ONG Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente
Spokesperson Name: : Jose Bayardo Chata Pacoricona (10:50-18:16)
Brasil
Hallazgos del informe
Brasil es el país más peligroso del mundo para los defensores de los derechos humanos indígenas. Durante la visita de la Relatora Especial a Brasil en 2016, los miembros de una comunidad en Mato Grosso do Sul mostraron las heridas de bala en sus cuerpos y las tumbas de sus familiares asesinados. También relataron incidentes de detenciones arbitrarias, tortura y criminalización de sus líderes. El gobierno y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil que trabajan con los pueblos indígenas le proporcionaron informes perturbadores sobre un patrón regular de amenazas e intimidación por parte de actores estatales y privados. La impunidad es generalizada en caso de los ataques, los asesinatos y la intimidación de los Pueblos Indígenas. Este violencia surge con frecuencia en contextos donde los Pueblos Indígenas intentan hacer valer sus derechos sobre sus tierras y está vinculada siempre con la criminalización de los líderes indígenas.
TESTIMONIO DE LA CUMBRE DE CRIMINALIZACIÓN DE LA
RELATORA ESPECIAL EN GINEBRA EN MARZO DE 2018
Organización
Aty Guaso Kaiowa E Guarani
Vocera
Inaye Gomes Lopes
Observaciones notables
7:39: “Hay una gran criminalización. Está muriendo mucha gente en Brasil. Bueno, muriendo no, están siendo asesinados. Una cosa es morirse, otra cosa es que te maten. Y está sucediendo especialmente en Mato Grosso, en el sur, cerca de Paraguay. Está sucediendo en muchos lugares, y acaban de escuchar lo que ha pasado en el mismo Río de Janeiro. Entonces, es como muy habitual ahora disparar y matar a los líderes y a las lideresas".