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Governments are obligated to comply with the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent that belongs to all Indigenous Peoples.

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent means that governments have to inform indigenous communities about any development projects they want to start in their territories, and listen to their opinions before beginning the project.

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent belongs to all Indigenous Peoples.

Eva Vásquez es una de las artistas que recientemente se sumó a la comunidad de nuestro Bazar de Cultural Survival. Ella logró viajar y reunirse con muchos otros artistas en Cambridge, Massachusetts y vender sus impresionantes muñecas elaboradas con hojas de maíz, tan solo tres meses antes de que el Covid-19 clausurara todos los eventos grandes en Estados Unidos.

Hoy estamos felices de compartir más de su historia, ideas, retos y logros como artista, madre y policía en Oaxaca, México.

Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Indigenous communities should not let governments continue to destroy their territories and violate their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

The negotiation process between the government and Indigenous Peoples should be free of threats, bribes or any manipulation by the government of the decisions of Indigenous Peoples.

It is important that indigenous communities elect leaders who will fight for the interests of their people and not the interests of the government.

Article 10 of the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples states that no one can forcibly displace indigenous communities from their territories.

States must obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent from Indigenous Peoples before taking legislative or administrative measures which will affect them.

Governments cannot store dangerous materials on Indigenous Peoples’ lands without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

States should obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent before approving any development project that will affect the lands and resources of Indigenous Peoples.

The UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples along with other international instruments, recognises the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent as a right of Indigenous Peoples.

For Indigenous Peoples, the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a fundamental, inherent and inalienable right.

Governments are obligated to comply with the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent that belongs to all Indigenous Peoples.

South Africa has been branded as “the Rainbow Nation” because of the diversity of its citizens. The country boasts a very liberal constitution and eleven official languages, which however do not include Indigenous languages. What is becoming more and more apparent lately is the exclusion of the Khoi and San languages especially from school curricula, radio, and television. IYX Radio is a new internet radio station that hopes to change the narrative.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Sharri Cannel (San)

Timoteo Ccarita ha estado vendiendo en los Bazares de Cultural Survival desde hace algunos años y su puesto siempre está repleto de hermosos artículos, el es un maestro tejedor de lana de alpaca hilada a mano.

Timoteo es representante de la cultura Quechua, Inca Andina de Pitumarca, Perú y en este podcast nos explica la importancia de los diseños tradicionales que comparten mensajes e ideales Incas así como los retos y logros como tejedor Quechua. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.