UN to Launch Global Campaign Against Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples
NOVANEWS
Millie Wahl stands in solidarity with the Native Nations Rise march on Washington, D.C., against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, on March 10, 2017.ALEX MILAN TRACY / ANADOLU AGENCY / GETTY IMAGES
BY: Julie Mollins
A new campaign to stop the criminalization of Indigenous peoples for protesting against governments and corporations in defense of their traditional lands aims to protect them from persecution, murder and imprisonment on falsified charges, said the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday.
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz said the idea for the Global Campaign Against the Criminalization and Impunity of Indigenous Peoples was inspired by research and interviews she conducted during the preparation of her 2018 report on ...