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The state of Germany has agreed to compensate the state of Namibia, by means of a development fund of 1.4 billion Euros, over 30 years. How will this agreement benefit the descendents of the victims of the thousands of people who were tortured and murdered by the colonial rulers of the South Western African country of Namibia, in the early 1900's.
Diana Morat from Eldos FM, a community radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa interviews Martinus Fredericks, a direct descendent of Cornelius Fredericks, who was a Nama leader who fought along Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi.

Global News on the topic of Indigenous Rights.

Produced by Shaldon Ferris, Cesar Gomez, Dev Kumar Sunuwar.

Human trafficking is one of the most difficult issues to address in Nepal, affecting and exploiting thousands of women, adolescent girls, and children. Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately affected by human trafficking and represent almost 70 percent of the cases. Indigenous women and girls make up the majority of the people trafficked and exploited. Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, economic opportunities have been severely impacted and the numbers of missing women and girls including children have risen sharply.

It is important to have all the information about the potential impacts of development projects on the environment, the community and the people. The information should be available in a way in which everyone can understand, and in the native language of the people it will affect.

¿Le gustaría aprender sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible conocidos como ODS? En esta ocasión le compartimos información específica sobre el objetivo 15, enfocado a la Vida de los Ecosistemas Terrestres, un tema que está estrechamente vinculado a los virus, y pandemias. Debido al reciente brote del Covid-19 se resalta la necesidad de abordar las amenazas a las que se enfrentan las especies silvestres y los ecosistemas.

¿Le gustaría aprender sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible conocidos como ODS? En esta ocasión le compartimos información específica sobre el objetivo 15, enfocado a la Vida de los Ecosistemas Terrestres, un tema que está estrechamente vinculado a los virus, y pandemias. Debido al reciente brote del Covid-19 se resalta la necesidad de abordar las amenazas a las que se enfrentan las especies silvestres y los ecosistemas.

Interview with MP Prof. Dalxa about Eylo Indigenous people in Somalia whose political rights are denied. Prof. Daxla also talks about Indigenous youth.
Interview by Horn Afrik News Agency for Human Rights (HANAHR).
For HANAHR: Adam Illyas
Interviewee Professor Dalxa (MP, Somalia)
Image: Professor Dalxa
Music: "Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe called Red, used with permission.

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent is stated in national and international laws, and can be applied in defence of lands and territories when there is a project that will cause irreparable damage.

La realidad que nos cuentan estas lideresas de distintas partes de América Latina  repiten la misma historia de saqueo, crímenes e impunidad de las corporaciones transnacionales y de la complicidad de los Estados y los representantes gubernamentales. 

It is important to demand that this law is complied with because it protects the environment, guarantees clean water and air, and it is a mechanism of controlling development projects to ensure that truly benefit indigenous communities.

There are over 476 million Indigenous Peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 percent of the global population. Indigenous Peoples are the holders of a vast diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages, and knowledge systems. They have a special relationship with their lands and hold diverse concepts of development based on their own worldviews and priorities.
In this radio program, we hear from Nailejileji Tipap, who works as the Gender and Public Relations Coordinator at Pastoralists Indigenous NGOs Forum in Tanzania.

Every year on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples marks the ‘first formal meeting’ of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, held back in 1982. It is celebrated to bring attention to the 476 million Indigenous Peoples living in 90 countries across the globe. This year’s theme is `Leaving no one Behind: Indigenous Peoples and the call for a social contract.” The term social contract in relation to Indigenous Peoples may be confusing as this has not yet been discussed much.

The International Day for People of African Descent will be celebrated for the first time on August 31, 2021. Through this observance, the United Nations aims to promote the extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora around the world and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against people of African descent. Cultural activist Letitia Timas Petersen tells us the story of Franz Taaibosch, an Indigenous Korana South African who was taken abroad to be paraded as a circus act.

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent clearly states that the government should not force people to change their method of organisation, thinking, or decision making, nor spread inaccurate information to misinform Indigenous Peoples.

In order to ensure that the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent is complied with, there should be community meetings which make people aware of what is happening and could happen in their area. In addition to this, projects must be supervised in order to ensure that decisions made in the community meetings, are implemented during the development project.

Los derechos humanos son normas que reconocen y protegen la dignidad de todos los seres humanos desde que nacen sin distinción alguna de nacionalidad, origen étnico, religión, lengua, o cualquier otra condición. Todos tenemos los mismos derechos. y estos varían desde los más fundamentales como el derecho a la vida, hasta los que dan valor a nuestra vida, como los derechos a la alimentación, a la educación, al trabajo, a la salud y a la libertad.

El mundo es diverso por lo que también existe diversas y distintas opiniones y el consecuente derecho a la libertad de expresión sin que se hostigue a nadie por sus pensamientos y opiniones, constituyen la base de la sociedad moderna y representa la posibilidad de avanzar en libertad.

For the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to be correctly applied, it is important to know that this right is applicable to all Indigenous Peoples. It must be adhered to with respect for indigenous communities’ own methods of communication and each person’s opinion must be heard. Furthermore, it means that there should be meetings with representatives of the government, companies, and Indigenous Peoples in order to arrive at an agreement that benefits the community.

Cada 12 de octubre, en muchos países de Abya Yala aún se sigue celebrando la invasión de sus territorios. Estas celebraciones, denominadas “el descubrimiento de América”, “el día de Colón”, “el encuentro entre dos mundos”, y un sinnúmero de expresiones, no representan lo que realmente pasó en 1942: despojo, muerte y destrucción.

In order for this right to be applied fairly, it should respect the following: 1. From the start of a project, there should be a consultation with the Indigenous People of the area; 2. There should be sufficient time devoted to ensuring that the community receive all of the information about the projects and its impacts; 3. Information should be distributed in accordance with the traditional ways of each community; 4. Any form of trying to influence the opinions of the people should be avoided; 5. All the details of decisions taken should be recorded.

Persona 1:
Sai che cos’è il diritto ad un consenso libero, precedente ed
informato?

Persona 2:
Certo! È il diritto che hanno le nostre comunità di essere
informate dal governo sull’attività mineraria, il petrolio, l’acqua
ed altri progetti che potrebbe realizzare nelle nostre comunità.
Per di più, il governo ha l’obbligo di ascoltare e valutare le
nostre opinioni così insieme possiamo arrivare ad un accordo
prima che il progetto sia eseguito.

Joan Carling (Kankanaey), Co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development (IPMG), is an Indigenous activist from the Cordillera in the Philippines with more than 20 years of experience in working on Indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment, climate change, and also the implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
Joan Carling attended the 26th convening of the Conference of the Parties or COP 26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

Persona 1:
Dalla nascita, ogni essere umano ha certi diritti che non
possono essere sottratti, e come Persone Indigene, abbiamo
il diritto ad un consenso libero, precedente ed informarto.

Persona 2:
Non importa di quale paese sei, questo diritto riguarda tutti
noi e dovrebbe essere messo in atto quando il governo
intende sfruttare le risorse naturali all’interno delle nostre
comunità, specialmente quando questi progetti potrebbero
provocare cambiamenti dannosi alle nostre terre.

Persona 1:
Ogni stagione mi preoccupo della nostra mancanza di
raccolto; semplicemente non abbiamo abbastanza terra
da quando la compagnia si è trasferita nella nostra
comunità.

It is important to have all the information about the potential impacts of development projects on the environment, the community and the people. The information should be available in a way in which everyone can understand, and in the native language of the people it will affect.