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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)

Malaysia

TESTIMONY FROM THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S

CRIMINALIZATION SUMMIT IN GENEVA IN MARCH 2018

Organization

JKOASM (Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia)

Spokesperson

Tijah Chopil

Notable Quotes

01:46: “So when the Orang Asli did organize a blockade over their land to stop logging, mining, trespassing by outsiders, the fully armed police and other government agencies went to the site to dismantle and disperse the Orang Asli from continuing their blockade and arrested all of those involved.”

02:07: “There were also attempts to bribe the Orang Asli as previously with a huge amount of money to stop the Orang Asli from protesting.”

02:21: “So there were also many cases where the Orang Asli were accused and charged of being instigators, stopping public officers from exercising their duty, despite the fact that Orang Asli is the real victim and the oppressed. So, the Orang Asli have also been accused of intentionally causing problems while they were seeking the truth through their methods.”

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