Strengthening Buryat Pride Through Shatar
Buryats are one of the most numerous Indigenous Peoples living around Lake Baikal in Siberia. Traditionally, they were nomadic cattle breeders and semi-nomadic herders with seasonal movements between permanent winter and summer settlements. Buryats in the Predbaikalia region, which is on the western side…
SIRGE COALITION WELCOMES THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
The Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition welcomes the European Parliament’s common position on the proposed European Union due diligence rules. The position of the European Parliament supports the full respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Fights for Climate, Labor and Indigenous Rights Converge at Auto Supply Chains
The electric vehicle supply chains are neither green nor just — but they are crucial organizing spaces, activists say. Aglobal boom in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) propelled by battery power instead of internal combustion engines is imminent. Worldwide, around 14 percent of all new…
OECD launches updated Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct
The OECD today launched its newly updated Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. The Guidelines are the globally leading standard on responsible business conduct and widely applied in public policy and business practice. The Guidelines were last updated in 2011. The 2023…
Activist organizes concert in Yarmouth to benefit Ukrainian children
Pavel Sulyandziga and a Yarmouth High School student have teamed up to present a benefit concert performed by his opera singer son, Pavel Sulyandziga Jr. Human rights activist Pavel Sulyandziga Sr. of Yarmouth has been fighting for the rights of his fellow Crimean Tartar…
Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study
Indigenous territories with secure land rights not only reduce deforestation inside their lands in the Brazilian Amazon, but also lead to higher secondary forest growth on previously deforested areas, says a new study. This new report, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Mark Zdor: “I was threatened with arrest in RAIPON”
Interview with youth activist of the indigenous peoples of the North of Russia Mark Zdor. We met with Mark Zdor in Berlin, in the building of the Bundestag (German Parliament), where we took part in parliamentary hearings on the problems of the indigenous peoples…
Arctic Report 2022 : Focus on Russia and beyond
In 2022 , the Covid-19 pandemic narrative which dominated headlines throughout the last two years was overshadowed by the Russian government’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine (also known as “a special military operation” among Russian circles). The ongoing war has a knock-on effect beyond the…
Statement on Nornickel’s IRMA self-assessment
By a coalition of Indigenous Rights leaders and non-governmental organizations Self-assessment demonstrates that Nornickel does not comply with international social and environmental standards Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) announced in March 2023 that the company had completed a self-assessment against the IRMA (Initiative…