Fifty one years have now transpired since the day, June 26, 1972, that Ecuadorian television viewers saw “the first oil barrel being filled with the country’s recently discovered ‘black gold’. It was the beginning of a so-called oil ‘boom’, which in 2023, now appears to be coming to an end. The
Han pasado 51 años desde que, el 26 de junio de 1972, se documentó para la televisión nacional la forma en que “el oro negro llenaba el primer barril de petróleo”. “el oro negro llenaba el primer barril de petróleo”. Ese fue el inicio del denominado ‘boom’ petrolero en el
On August 31st, in the town of Santa Cruz, the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia held a session on the development of legislative measures to grant legal force to Indigenous Peoples’ autonomous FPIC protocols. Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) has emerged as an international human rights norm that
The 15th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) took place earlier this month in Geneva, Switzerland. The Expert Mechanism is a UN body that provides the Human Rights Council with advice on the rights of Indigenous peoples and assists Member States in achieving
Land is Life welcomes you to join our webinar on the situation of territorial rights, self-determination, and territorial dynamics that exert pressure on the traditional systems of life of Indigenous Peoples in the Moskitia (Honduras and Nicaragua). Increased rates of conflict pose threats to the traditional livelihoods and the individual
