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#IACHR takes measures to defend indigenous in voluntary isolation #Peru #Indigene #Menschenrechte
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), an agency of the Organization of American States (OAS), has approved a ruling intended to protect the rights of Kakataibo indigenous in voluntary isolation. It awarded cautionary measures in benefit of the members of the Kakataibo in the Indigenous Reserve, which extends over the #Ucayali, #Huánuco and #Loreto regions.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2026/03/iachr-takes-measures-to-defend-indigenous-in-voluntary-isolation/ -
#IACHR takes measures to defend indigenous in voluntary isolation #Peru #Indigene #Menschenrechte
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), an agency of the Organization of American States (OAS), has approved a ruling intended to protect the rights of Kakataibo indigenous in voluntary isolation. It awarded cautionary measures in benefit of the members of the Kakataibo in the Indigenous Reserve, which extends over the #Ucayali, #Huánuco and #Loreto regions.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2026/03/iachr-takes-measures-to-defend-indigenous-in-voluntary-isolation/ -
#IACHR condemns #Peru over forced sterilisation in the 1990s #Zwangssterilisierungen #Gender
The Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) ruled on 5 March upholding the case of Celia Ramos Durand against the Peruvian state. Dying as a result of the sterilisation procedure, she was one of the thousands of people subjected to the forced sterilisation of women (and in some cases men) during the government of then President Alberto #Fujimori (1990-2000). #Menschenrechte
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2026/03/iachr-condemns-peru-over-forced-sterilisation-in-the-1990s/ -
In the petition, Carranza's lawyer Dan Kovalik said the fisherman's family "has no recourse to adequate & effective remedies in #Colombia to obtain redress for the injuries they have suffered due to the actions of the #UnitedStates."
While the #IACHR can investigate the complaint & issue findings, any ruling it makes would not be legally binding on the #US.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw #military #AlejandroCarranza
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“From numerous news reports, we know that US Secretary of Defense #PeteHegseth was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of #AlejandroCarranza & the #murder of all those on such boats," acc/to the petition. "Secretary #Hegseth has admitted that he gave such orders despite the fact that he did not know the identity of those being targeted for these bombings & #ExtrajudicialKillings."
#Trump #law #criminal #WarCrimes #Congress #Carribean #InternationalLaw #US #military #IACHR
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The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a #US #military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [#IACHR] alleging the #USgovernment illegally killed him.
#AlejandroCarranza was killed in a strike in the #Caribbean on Sept. 15, acc/to the petition, filed Tuesday.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw
https://abcnews.go.com/International/family-colombian-fisherman-killed-us-boat-strike-files/story?id=128056901 -
#IACHR emits historic rulings in defence of nature and human rights #Peru #Indigene #Menschenrechte
By ordering the Peruvian courts to allow national and international NGOs to assist peoples in voluntary isolation to defend their rights, the Inter American Human Rights Court (IACHR) undermines recent legislation – the Ley APCI – aimed at restricting the activities of NGOs in the defence of human and environmental rights.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2025/07/iachr-emits-historic-rulings-in-defence-of-nature-and-human-rights/ -
"Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a 'healthy climate' without 'dangerous' human interference, and has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark climate decision."
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #LatinAmerica #InteramericanCourtOf HumanRights #IACHR
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Why is violence against #EnvironmentalDefenders getting worse? Five things to know
Maxwell Radwin
11 Sep 2024"In January 2023, two men mysteriously disappear after speaking out against pollution from a controversial iron ore mine in Michoacán, Mexico.
"The following March, climate change protesters in Austria and Germany are beaten and pepper sprayed, and some have their homes raided by law enforcement.
"In September, a pair of youth environmental advocates are abducted by armed men and interrogated for days about their work fighting construction of a new airport in the Philippines.
"All across the world, environmental defenders continue to experience censorship, threats, physical attacks, kidnappings, disappearances and even death because of their work fighting climate change, deforestation, pollution and other environmental issues.
"Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, more than 1,500 environmental defenders have been killed for their work, according to Global Witness, a human rights and environmental NGO. The figures for 2023 look like more of the same. At least 196 people were killed last year defending the environment, up from 177 in 2022. And those figures are considered a low-end estimate."
#EnvironmentalActivists #WaterDefenders #EnvironmentalJustice #GlobalWitness #Mongabay #ReaderSupportedNews
#IACHR #ExtractiveIndustries
#Mining #Logging #LandDefenders #WaterIsLife #HumanRights
#Capitalism #Greed #Corruption
#CorporateColonialism #LatinAmerica #Phillipines #India #Indonesia #Honduras #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #PublicOrderAct #SilencingDissent #HR9495 #CriminalizingDissent -
#RSN: The Deadly Fight for #EnvironmentalJustice in #Honduras
The assassination of #Honduran #WaterDefender #JuanLópez offers a chilling reminder of the threats local leaders face in the most dangerous region in the world for #EnvironmentalActivists.
by Giada Ferrucci / NACLA
22 October 24"On September 14, 2023, Juan Antonio López, a prominent environmental defender, anti-corruption activist, and community and faith leader in Tocoa, Honduras, was murdered. He was in his car after attending a religious event at a local Catholic church when an unidentified hitman shot him multiple times. Due to previous death threats and harassment linked to his defense of the Guapinol River, López had received precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the same measures that failed to protect fellow environmental defender Berta Cáceres from being killed in 2016.
"López’s assassination has sent shockwaves through the region, a chilling reminder of the violence and impunity that threaten environmental activists across Latin America and globally. His murder also reflects a disturbing pattern of attacks on those who dare to challenge economic and political powers in Honduras, a country that consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous in the world for environmental activists. These risks are especially pronounced in highly militarized areas like the Aguán Valley, where López lived, a resource-rich epicenter of land grabs and conflicts along the north coast. Dozens of Aguán environmental defenders have been systematically targeted, threatened, and murdered for more than a decade.
In 2023, 18 environmental defenders were killed in Honduras, the highest number per capita of any country in the world, according to Global Witness. Among the victims were three fellow Guapinol defenders: Aly Magdaleno Domínguez Ramos, Jairo Bonilla Ayala, and Oquelí Domínguez Ramos. In López’s case, authorities have arrested the alleged hitman and an accomplice.
"The Honduran state’s failure to protect López despite IACHR protective measures speaks to the broader issue of impunity and lack of political will to safeguard those who defend natural resources and human rights in the face of powerful economic interests. His murder also highlights systemic corruption, recently laid bare by scandals involving drug traffickers and high-profile political figures. In short, López’s assassination is part of a wider global crisis of relentless violence and persecution targeting activists who stand up to mining, logging, and other extractive industries."
Read more / support:
https://www.rsn.org/001/the-deadly-fight-for-environmental-justice-in-honduras.html#ReaderSupportedNews #IACHR #ExtractiveIndustries #Mining #Logging #LandDefenders #WaterIsLife #GuapinolRiver #BertaCáceres #HumanRights #AlyMagdaleno #DomínguezRamos #JairoBonillaAyala #OquelíDomínguezRamo #Capitalism #Greed #Corruption #CorporateColonialism
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From 2019: Criminalization of #HumanRights Defenders of #IndigenousPeoples Resisting #ExtractiveIndustries in the United States
Report to the Inter-American
Commission on Human RightsPrepared by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program on behalf of the Water Protector Legal Collective
6/24/2019
Introduction
1. Peaceful demonstrations are a catalyst for the advancement of human rights. Yet around the world governments are criminalizing dissent and suppressing public #protest, often as a means to protect #CorporateInterests. In this context, indigenous peoples increasingly find themselves as the subjects of arrests, criminal prosecution and police violence when defending the lands they rely upon for their existence and survival from #ResourceExtraction by industries who are operating without the free prior and informed consent of the affected communities.
2. This report is submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (#IACHR) in conjunction with a thematic hearing held during the 172nd period of sessions. At the hearing,
Commissioners heard directly from those involved in the indigenous-led resistance to the #DakotaAccessPipeline (DAPL) at Standing Rock, North Dakota. This report addresses the criminalization and suppression of protest by indigenous human rights defenders and their allies by United States (U.S.) federal, state and local governments, working hand-in-hand with private security forces [#Blackwater], specifically in relation to the construction and operation of #DAPL by #EnergyTransfer
Partners and Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) and the connected #BayouBridgePipeline (collectively the “#BakkenPipeline”).3. Standing Rock is an emblematic case of #IndigenousResistance to extractive industry that drew attention from around the world as water protectors met on the banks of the #MissouriRiver in peaceful assembly in what was the largest gathering of indigenous peoples in the U.S. in 100 years. Standing Rock is merely one example of how the U.S. government works with industry to approve energy projects carried out without the meaningful participation or consent of
indigenous nations. Indigenous peoples are left with no choice but to peacefully protest and then are criminalized for their efforts to defend their lands and resources.4. Since Standing Rock, there has been an alarming trend by the United States government and state legislatures to criminalize opposition to pipelines and other energy projects. These #AntiProtest and so-called “#CriticalInfrastructure laws” progress towards criminalizing dissent and implicitly condone the use of excessive force towards human rights defenders, often including indigenous peoples and their allies who are at the forefront of resistance to extractive industries. As the international community has acknowledged, these laws are incompatible with domestic and international law. The governments’ use of excessive force and mass arrests to threaten, intimidate, and silence “#WaterProtectors” seeking to defend their lands, resources, and #culture, and the collusion with private security forces, violate fundamental human rights to #FreeSpeech and Aassembly enshrined in international human rights law and the #USConstitution.
5. The information provided here builds on a 2016 request for Precautionary Measures filed by the #StandingRock, #CheyenneRiver and #YanktonSioux tribes, past Commission hearings on similar matters that remain unsettled, and reports on Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Activities, and the Criminalization of #HumanRightsDefenders. In addition, the United Nations has reported on the situation at #StandingRock through the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of of indigenous peoples. Despite condemnation from these international bodies and mechanisms, water protectors continue to suffer impacts from the criminalization of their dissent, while the United States moves forward permitting new #pipeline projects on indigenous territories.
#HR9495 #StopHR9495 #CriminalizingDissent #Fascism #Authoritanism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #CorporateFascism #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism #Blackwater #StandWithStandingRock #NoMiningWithoutConsent #WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #StandingRockSioux #LandDefenders #WaterDefenders #WaterProtectors #DefendTheSacred
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Dozens of #MiningCompanies are seeking permission from the #BC govt to develop some of the world’s largest #GoldMines in the headwaters of SE #Alaska’s transboundary rivers, and the Canadian govt continues denying the sovereign rights of the Alaskan Native nations living downstream from the extractive #mining activities.
guests: Guy Archibald & Esther Reese of #SEITC
https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/southern-alaska-native-nations-intervention-stopping-the-mining-industry-from-extinguishing-life
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Family of #AfroIndigenous #activist in immigration detention worries he may be deported back to danger
Story by Nicole Acevedo
6-25-2024"#ErlinCenteno's family has feared being permanently separated since the father of three children was detained four months ago following a routine check-in with #immigration authorities in New York City.
"The lives of Centeno and his family were endangered after four of his cousins were killed and he started receiving many letters and text messages containing death threats, according to court transcripts obtained by NBC News of his testimony to an immigration judge. The threats were a result of the work he and his cousins did defending the territorial rights of Afro Indigenous communities in his homeland known as #Garifuna, according to Centeno and his wife.
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"The Garifuna people are descendants of enslaved #Africans, and also #Arawak and #Caribbean #Indigenous communities who have historically been displaced from their ancestral lands. Many of them remain in #Guatemala, #Nicaragua and #Belize — but most of them are in #Honduras, where they face high levels of violence, #racism and extreme poverty, according to the Inter-American Commission on #HumanRights (IACHR).
"#Centeno started advocating for #GarifunaRights in 2020, working with the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras, one of the most prominent Garifuna nonprofits in Honduras. According to an #IACHR report, their members have long been harassed, threatened, beaten, kidnapped and killed amid land grabbing and territorial disputes involving industries with high economic interests in the region — which has intensified as local #investors have sought to #develop the area — as well as local gangs fighting over territories."
#LandDefenders #HumanRights #HumanRightsDefenders #Activists
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Legislation meets with hostility from the international community #Peru #Menschenrechte #Fujimori
The Inter-American Court on Human Rights has demanded that Congress suspend further moves to offer an amnesty for those guilty of crimes against humanity committed before 2002. The legislation to this effect is awaiting a second vote in Congress. The #IACHR was acting among other things thttps://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2024/06/legislation-meets-with-hostility-from-the-international-community/ -
#IACHR orders #Peru to update information on its ruling preventing the release of #Fujimori
The Inter-American Court on Human Rights demanded that the Peruvian state provide information about adherence to its mandate preventing the liberation of former president Alberto Fujimori from jail. This followed a resolution by the Constitutional Tribunal refusing to clarify an earlier resolution, issued last year, that validated the pardon conceded to Fujimori at the end of 2017.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2023/12/iachr-orders-peru-to-update-information-on-its-ruling-preventing-the-release-of-fujimori/ -
Wet'suwet'en Testify on #PoliceBrutality, #Imprisonment, at Inter-American Commission on #HumanRights
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 10, 2023
"Wet’suwet’en described their struggle to defend their land, waters, and rights to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (#IACHR) in a virtual hearing. Joined by #AmnestyInternational, representatives from the Nation described the ongoing unjust #criminalization and #harassment of #LandDefenders opposing the construction of the #CoastalGasLink (#CGL) #pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory. The Canadian government responded to the testimony of the Wet’suwet’en delegation. The testimony described the attacks on the Nation’s rights, including the right to free, prior and informed consent to resource-extraction projects affecting their territory, as upheld in the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/07/wetsuweten-testify-on-police-brutality.html#Canada #ACAB
#Wetsuweten #FirstNations #IndigenousNews
#UN #DeclarationOfRights of #IndigenousPeoples
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Indigenous rights: U'wa make history in case against extractivism
#Indigenous
#UwaNation
#IACHR
#Colombia
#FossilFuels
#Extractivism
#EcoTourism
#Resguardo
#Reserves
#Samore
#Oxy
#Ecopetrol
#CapitalistCorporations
#Capitalism
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This petition came about because the Judiciary has unjustifiably delayed a decision on a remedy for the protection of his constitutional rights.
Castillo Asks the IACHR to Be Reinstated as President of Peru -
Time for a #Law / #HumanRights #Introduction.
I'm Anthropologist w/ a courtesy appointment at Vanderbilt Law School, trained in Environmental & Human Rights policy (M.P.P., U Chicago)
Expertise on #IndigenousRights, global and regional human rights regimes (#IACHR, #UNPFII, #UNDRIP) , accountability for state violence, and race and law in the USA (incl. #CRT).
I maintain a database of Bolivian victims of political violence #UltimateConsequences