The Indigenous Advocacy
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The State of Stateless Indigenous Peoples
One out of sixteen are Indigenous people. Roughly 476 million Indigenous Peoples live in 90 countries in more than 5,000 distinct groups, making up 6 percent of the global population and accounting for a majority of the known 7,000 languages. All nations should be represented at the UN The vast majority of Indigenous Peoples have no legal...
Building an Indigenous Caucus
Tribal unity for common survival It is time for the tribes to join, together with allies, for their survival as the sovereign nations that they are. In 1492, when the Americas were "discovered," there were up to 2,000 distinct languages spoken by the people already living here. Today, that number has dropped to less than 1,000 critically...
International Humanitarian Law
More about International Humanitarian Law (IHL) you can find here. Origin of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Following WWII, in 1949 humanitarian principles for warfare were adopted by the international community that began with conventions held in Geneva, Switzerland starting in 1864. The purpose of IHL is to provide principled treatment of...