Our landmark project gave us more info that we could publish. Now we’ve shared it with the UN special rapporteur on ...

Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in the Ecuadorian Amazon learning about the Indigenous rights movement. The ...

Opposition to UNDRIP seems based in a misconception that it grants Indigenous Peoples “special rights” at the expense of other citizens. It does not. UNDRIP articulates basic human rights — the ...

Europe’s human rights court found Norway did not wrong a Sámi village in Sweden by restricting its access, ending a ...

To say the Iñupiat of Kaktovik are appalled by the 2024 Record of Decision, or ROD, for Oil and Gas Leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be an understatement. The outcome was put into ...

As delegates from around the world gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations’ 29th annual climate summit, also known as COP29, one of the most contentious debates centers on carbon trading—a ...

Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.” Belém, Brazil—A street mural half a block long shows a grim-faced Amazonian warrior, shirtless beneath a ...

The inaugural Responsible Resource Leadership Forum convened Indigenous leaders, Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people, youth, knowledge keepers, senior government officials, and industry ...

Archaeological practice is transforming in Canada to recognize Indigenous rights to and governance over cultural heritage ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Sunday urging Malaysia’s Sarawak state to protect Indigenous rights after a company logged timber without the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of an ...

A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.