Forest Peoples Programme

What were the outcomes for #IndigenousPeoples and #localcommunities at #COP16Colombia? Read this reflection piece to find out about the successes, challenges and outstanding issues. https://lnkd.in/ePZT2rn3 #TransformativePathways UN Biodiversity IPBES ICCA Consortium Nia Tero

In 2019 the #Zero #Tolerance #Initiative was born in Geneva, created by #human #rights activists, and #indigenous #leaders fighting violence and killings in supply chains, many of which lead to our markets. #Quinto #Inuma #Alvarado was there in Geneva, co-founded the #ZTI and served on it's Steering Committee until, in 2023, exactly a year ago today, he was killed. "it is why we are threatened, because we are resisting" Quinto, 2022 Today, and every day, the ZTI and all its members remember Quinto and the very many people who have faced the same threats, the same violence and - for far too many - the same death. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eS8WwP-h

Today marks one year since the murder of Quinto Inuma Alvarado, who was a Peruvian indigenous leader and environmental human rights defender part of the Steering Group of the Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI). Quinto was brutally murdered in the context of his tireless defense of the human rights of his people and the collective protection of the lands of his community Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu. This communiqué is not only a tribute to his struggle but also a firm demand. Read our demands to the Peruvian State - https://lnkd.in/eniuMt8F #ForPeopleAndNature #HumanRights #LandRights #Environment #EnvironmentalDefenders #HumanRightsDefenders #ZeroToleranceInitiative #Peru AIDESEP Servindi

#NewGuide - Indigenous peoples and forest peoples are frequently confronted with human rights violations and environmental damage caused by companies. The EU has passed two new pieces of legislation that could offer them options to recourse and remedy if the companies are linked to the EU: - EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) places conditions on the sale in the EU of commodities closely linked to deforestation - EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) imposes obligations on (very) large companies based in or operating in the EU to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence But how can #IndigenousPeoples and forest peoples use them to protect their rights? Find out in this guide: https://lnkd.in/eryc-YG9 #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #BizHumanRights #EU #CSDDD #EUDR #Deforestation #DueDiligence Docip ClientEarth Fern NGO

New Report! - To what extent has EU law, policy and practice integrated the rights of #Indigenous and forest peoples? At a pivotal moment in EU law - with two new pieces of legislation relevant to indigenous and forest peoples recently adopted - this report reflects on the challenges, achievements and where to go from here. Read perspectives from #IndigenousPeoples, CSOs, lawyers, policymakers and more in this new report. Their diverse backgrounds offer insight into a wide range of issues and a few commonalities emerge. Read the full report to find out more: https://lnkd.in/eRBYzSQf #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #BizHumanRights #EU #CSDDD #EUDR #ForPeopleAndNature Docip ClientEarth Fern NGO ECCJ Mighty Earth

#Today - Join us in Brussels to take stock of the challenges and achievements for indigenous peoples and forest peoples in #EU law and policy. At this event, indigenous and afro-descendant representatives together will NGO allies will reflect on the progress so far and explore the next steps needed to better address corporate violations of human rights and the environment using EU laws and policy. Last chance to register - https://lnkd.in/dpifJnpk This event is hosted by Forest Peoples Programme with the support of Docip, ClientEarth and Human Rights Watch. Thanks to our partners and to Luciana T. for moderating this event! 🗓 Wednesday, 27 November 2024 ⏰ 16:30 - 18:00 CET (Doors open at 16:00) 📍Press Club Europe, 95 Rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels #ForestPeoples #AfroDescendants #HumanRights #Environment #LandRights #ClimateChange #Deforestation #EU #EUDR #CSDDD #ForPeopleAndNature

Last week during Oral Questions in the UK House of Lords, Baroness Margaret Ritchie highlighted a meeting with Indigenous, Afro-descendent, local community and local CSO representatives from Liberia, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico and the Wampis autonomous nation in Peru, as part of a week-long consultation and advocacy visit organised by FPP and Peace Brigades International UK. Baroness Ritchie raised some of the issues faced by such groups, including corporate harms to their human rights and deforestation. Members of the delegation have experienced land dispossession, violence and other human rights and environmental harms from agricommodity production, mining and oil and gas extraction. Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Jenny Chapman, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office agreed to meet with such groups to discuss the best approaches to address climate change. From FPP, we look forward to supporting such a meeting. The UK Government must take a holistic, human rights-based approach that includes: - Addressing the root causes and underlying drivers of deforestation and biodiversity loss by supporting their initiatives to secure land, territorial and resource rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendent peoples and other customary rightsholders. - Ensuring a decent proportion of the UK’s climate and nature finance goes directly and verifiably to Indigenous, Afro-descendent peoples and other customary rightsholders (or their self-chosen intermediaries) to support their land rights, self-determination and self-governance. - Introducing a fit for purpose UK corporate accountability law that places an obligation on UK companies and financial institutions to respect individual and collective human rights, as well as the environment, and achieve positive outcomes on the ground. Watch the exchange in the video 📽️ #IndigenousPeoples #AfroDescendants #LocalCommunities #HumanRights #Deforestation #ClimateChange #Mining #OilAndGas #Extractivism #CorporateAccountability #BizHumanRights Corporate Justice Coalition Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Last week, Indigenous leaders from the #Wampis Nation in Peru urged lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforest. Read the full report via The Associated Press: https://lnkd.in/dAG83f9G

#Brussels - Join us this Wednesday in taking stock of the challenges and achievements for indigenous peoples and forest peoples in #EU law and policy. At this event, indigenous and afro-descendant representatives together will NGO allies will explore the achievements, challenges, and next steps needed to better address corporate violations of human rights and the environment using EU laws and policy. Join this event and be part of the conversation shaping the future of EU policies and their impact on people and nature. Register now - https://lnkd.in/dpifJnpk 🗓 Wednesday, 27 November 2024 ⏰ 16:30 - 18:00 CET (Doors open at 16:00) 📍Press Club Europe, 95 Rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels Docip ClientEarth Human Rights Watch Luciana T. Michael Rice #ForestPeoples #AfroDescendants #HumanRights #Environment #LandRights #ClimateChange #Deforestation #EU #EUDR #CSDDD #CorporateAccountability #ForPeopleAndNature #BizHumanRights

#Today in Geneva and online, join members and allies of the Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI) for a session with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights at the 13th UN Business and Human Rights Forum, under the title "Have 'Smart Mix' Measures Worked for (W)HRDs, Indigenous Peoples, and Afro-Descendent Communities?" This session will explore different policies and regulations, both globally and in the different regions and how they have proved effective or not in improving the situation for (women) human rights defenders, indigenous peoples, and afro-descendent communities at risk, and explore what actions are urgently needed to deliver meaningful protection. 🗓 Nov 25, 2024, 3PM CET 📍 In person in Geneva or online! 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dPJuphzk Watch the livestream of the event: https://lnkd.in/dpbh9nER This session will be available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. #ZeroToleranceInitiative #BizHumanRights #UNForumBHR #HumanRights #LandRights #HumanRightsDefenders #HRDs #EnvironmentalDefenders #IndigneousPeoples #Afrodescendants #SocialJustice #SmartMix