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
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by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
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by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
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by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
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by Christine Halvorson
Rainforest Foundation US
The Problem of Overlap: The Panamanian government stalls on indigenous land titling on protected areas
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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)
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Media Contacts
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Author and Spokespeople
Information about Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz can be found here.
Information about all spokespeople involved can be found here.
Featured quotes from all spokespeople can be found here.
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Press Statement
Read the press statement here.
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Featured Materials
FULL REPORT
Attacks and Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples Defending Their Lands and Rights
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TOP-LINE MESSAGES
Conclusions, Recommendations, and Key Messages
Graphic: The stages of criminalization
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COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
* Denotes countries for which testimony is available.
Peru*
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VOICES
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“What's happening across the world is nothing less than a systemic attack on peasant communities and Indigenous Peoples” – Andrew Anderson, Executive Director, Front Line Defenders
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“What happened when the Seko indigenous people in Indonesia rejected the development of a hydropower plant” – Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN)
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“A lawyer’s nightmare: What I faced when I defended Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Liberia from false charges” – Alfred Brownell, Lead Campaigner, Green Advocates and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Northeastern University School of Law
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“We will not tire: Taking the struggle of land and environment defenders to the corridors of power” – Ben Leather, Senior Campaigner, Global Witness
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“How legal and police systems across the Amazon criminalize environmental activists and Indigenous Peoples” – Moira Birss, Communications Manager, Amazon Watch
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“The Philippines may be shooting the messengers, but indigenous activists will not be silenced” – Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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“Colombia’s new president must act to stop the killings of indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant community leaders” – Omaira Bolaños, Latin America Director, Rights and Resources Initiative