Strong panel on the role of the State in protecting indigenous rights defenders at #DefendingDefenders conference #IndigenousPeoplesRights #iwgia50years

Beautiful inuit singing, before the testimonies of some of the Indigenous Human Rights defenders from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Some of them are here, some are no longer alive. Killed, jailed or missing while defending their right to life. #defendingdefenders #iwgia50years

Strong testimony of persecution and killings of indigenous rights defenders in the Philippines. IPMGSDG: We will not allow this to continue! We need to stand together and value the lives of all those fighting for justice! #DefendingDefenders Conference #iwgia50years

Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights expresó su preocupación por la situación de los defensores indígenas amazónicos #iwgia50years #DefendingDefenders

Standing up for human rights is older than history, which is why we need to reaffirm that human rights are in fact on the rise, but political leadership is in retreat says Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore at IWGIA #iwgia50years

There will be no sustainable development without #HumanRights . And no #HumanRights without #IndigenousPeoplesRights , says Birgitte Feiring #DefendingDefenders #iwgia50years

Indigenous representatives explains their struggle, the criminalisation, discrimination, persecution and killings at #DefendingDefenders conference. Can we ever really understand the incomprehensible? @CPA_Alliance Daniel Kobei CAOI #iwgia50years

Protecting the rights of #indigenous peoples is a priority for #DK , says Eva Kjer Hansen #dkaid #DefendingDefenders #iwgia50years #IndigenousRights


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‘We need to build stories around human rights defenders to defend them’ says Chris Chapman / @spinachcharm@🦣astodon.social from Amnesty International #DefendingDefenders #IndigenousPeoplesRights #iwgia50years

#IndigenousWomen and girls are often amongst the most vulnerable within indigenous communities, being victims of a triple discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. FAO Indigenous Peoples UN Women IndigenousWomenRise #IndigenousRights #PAICODEO #iwgia50years

“One of the key drivers of the stigmatisation and criminalisation of #IndigenousPeoples is the private sector and we need to shame the companies involved in this business” #DefendingDefenders #iwgia50years #IndigenousRights Indigenous News UNPFII IPMGSDG

We've been with IWGIA at the #iwgia50years conference on #indigenous defenders as it has continued today, debating the root causes of attacks: #landrights , criminalisation and impunity. #DefendingDefenders

#DefendingDefenders Abie Anongos (on left) of Cordillera People’s Alliance @CPA_Alliance at #iwgia50years today on how 229 of around 400 current mining projects in the Philippines are on indigenous people’s land.

#IndigenousPeoples in #Bangladesh are still exposed for human rights violations and recently #IndigenousWomen have been targeted in militarized areas. Read more here iwgia.org/en/bangladesh Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) IPHRDs Network, Asia IPMGSDG #WeAreIndigenous #iwgia50years #DefendingDefenders

IWGIA turns 50! So proud of being part of this imp organization. Thanks to all for a v good conference on #DefendingerDefenders . And to the Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 for long term partnership. #iwgia50years #indigenouspeoplesrights

Increasing numbers of #indigenous defenders are being killed for standing up for their land & the environment. Great to hear Eva Kjer Hansen, Special Rep. for the Danish Candidature for United Nations Human Rights Council reaffirm their commitment to supporting HRDs IWGIA! #iwgia50years #DefendingDefenders

Can the private sector be an ally of indigenous human rights defenders? Looking forward to hearing this important debate with UNSR_VickyTauli EKF Anita Ramasastry Business & Human Rights Vestas Wind Systems at #iwgia50years tomorrow! #standup4humanrights #bizhumanrights #dkcsr #dkbiz #dkaid

Political leadership is in retreat of Human Rights! Says Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights #DefendingDefenders #iwgia50years

#iwgia50years New Global Witness briefing out today highlights the devastating impacts of predatory natural resource projects on communities around the world and the role that some EU-based investors have played in supporting them: bit.ly/2M4uGMs

The deadly price of fighting for human and environmental rights. UN experts call on governments and business to take action. Special rapporteurs working together UNSR_VickyTauli UNWGBiz&Human Rights Anita Ramasastry Michel Forst news.trust.org/item/201808311… … #DefendingerDefenders #iwgia50years