Indigenous people need a say on water rights, UN rapporteur urges
Stockholm, SwedenThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to the Arctic are being left out of the global conversation on water property rights, a United Nations’ Indigenous rights expert warned last week. Speaking on the sidelines of an international conference on water in Stockholm, special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz said Indigenous people needed to be […]
Nepal rejects UN call to compensate man in forced labour case
Kathmanudu, NepalThomson Reuters Foundation Nepal on Thursday rejected a United Nations call to compensate an Indigenous man it said was forced to work as a child then tortured by police on escape, since he had not exhausted the legal avenues for redress. The UN Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts with no enforcement […]
Brace for food wars: science writer issues warning to world
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The world must act now to avoid conflict over food, land and water spreading from hot spots such as Syria to power centres like London and New York, according to a top science writer. Julian Cribb, an award-winning Australian journalist, called for an overhaul of global food production to avoid disputes […]
Indigenous people under threat from Indonesia’s plan to move capital
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of Indigenous people may be uprooted from their ancestral lands on Borneo island as large areas of forests are cleared to make way for Indonesia’s new capital, human rights groups said last week. President Joko Widodo said this week the new capital would be moved to the province of East […]