Madre de Dios
Peru: court rules for indigenous sovereignty
Peru's Supreme Court on Sept. 26 ruled in favor of the Shipibo and Ese'Eja indigenous community of Tres Islas in the southern Amazon basin region of Madre de Dios, finding that the rainforest dwellers have the right to block a road that illegal miners and timber cutters use to enter their territory. Indigenous organizations hailed the ruling as an important precedent for peoples trying to halt mining, logging or oil drilling on their lands. "We think this will serve as an example for other indigenous groups to take their cases to the top court," said Jaime Tapullima Pashanase, president of the Ethnic Council of Kechwa Peoples of the Amazon (CEPKA). Added Julio Ibañez Moreno, a lawyer for Peru's trans-Amazonian alliance AIDESEP: "I consider this ruling very important for indigenous communities. This is an advance in terms of the rights they have been demanding."
- « first
- ‹ previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Recent Updates
2 hours 44 min ago
19 hours 27 min ago
19 hours 46 min ago
20 hours 37 min ago
1 day 18 hours ago
1 day 18 hours ago
1 day 18 hours ago
1 day 18 hours ago
1 day 19 hours ago
3 days 18 hours ago