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)
México
Hallazgos del informe
La Relatora Especial visitó México en 2017 y observó que las amenazas, el hostigamiento y la criminalización de los miembros de las comunidades indígenas durante los procesos de consulta tienden a socavar el carácter "libre" de los mismos. Por ejemplo, los miembros de la comunidad de la tribu Yaqui han sufrido diversos ataques, amenazas y criminalización por oponerse a la construcción de un acueducto y un gasoducto, y por demandado consultas y que se solicite su consentimiento libre, previo e informado para los proyectos construidos en su territorio. territorios. El líder indígena Mario Luna fue detenido en 2014 por liderar protestas comunitarias por cargos penales de "privación ilegal de libertad" y "robo". Desde su liberación, ha seguido siendo amenazado y agredido, a pesar de los llamamientos de la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos de México para garantizar su protección y las medidas cautelares emitidas de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos a favor de la comunidad Yaqui. La grave situación de ataques y violencia contra las comunidades indígenas también se observó en las Montañas de Guerrero, Sierra Tarahumara y Chiapas.
A nivel regional, las medidas cautelares y provisionales otorgadas por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos son de gran importancia, porque subrayan la responsabilidad del Estado de garantizar la protección y la seguridad de las comunidades y personas indígenas quienes están en peligro inminente. La Relatora Especial lamenta profundamente que, a pesar de que esas medidas hayan sido otorgadas por el sistema regional de derechos humanos, las medidas nacionales de protección sean a menudo inadecuadas. Esto se ilustra con el asesinato de varios líderes indígenas y los ataques y amenazas en curso, por ejemplo contra las comunidades Choréachi y Yaqui en México, a todos los cuales se les habían otorgado esas medidas.
Otros recursos
Informe de la Relatora Especial sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas sobre su visita a México (junio 2018)