Indigenous peoples Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:40:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Indigenous peoples Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 Historical debt, present-day dispossession: indigenous peoples versus the Argentine State https://fibgar.es/en/historical-debt-present-day-dispossession-indigenous-peoples-versus-the-argentine-state/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27438 The Argentine State has a historical debt to indigenous communities. Argentine society has been shaped by constant conflict with anything deemed to differ from the ‘Argentine’ ideal that was sought to be constructed during the nineteenth century. These ‘othernesses’ comprised both immigrants and the native communities of the territory. That idealised model of ‘being Argentine’,...

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]]> At the forefront of global environmental governance: The Rights of Nature in Latin America and Indigenous Peoples https://fibgar.es/en/at-the-forefront-of-global-environmental-governance-the-rights-of-nature-in-latin-america-and-indigenous-peoples/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27094 “It sounds strange, doesn’t it? This idea that nature has rights… It’s madness. As if nature were a person! Yet it sounds perfectly normal that large US corporations should enjoy human rights.”  Eduardo Galeano (2017) Nature as a subject of rights According to the Earth Law Centre, the rights of Nature (hereinafter RN) are defined...

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]]> Non-Negotiable: Indigenous Rights Amid Surveillance and Global Neglect https://fibgar.es/en/non-negotiable-indigenous-rights-amid-surveillance-and-global-neglect/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:02:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25141 Every August 9th marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a date proclaimed by the United Nations to recognize the history, culture, spirituality, and struggles of Indigenous communities. In 2025, this day arrives with a stark warning: emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, far from being tools for inclusion, are being used to...

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]]> A pending debt: the effective protection of indigenous peoples https://fibgar.es/en/a-pending-debt-the-effective-protection-of-indigenous-peoples/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:55:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=23650 The rights of indigenous peoples have been systematically violated for centuries. This situation condemns them to marginalisation and discrimination. Making up only 6% of the world’s population, indigenous peoples account for around 19% of the extremely poor population. According to the United Nations, it is estimated that their life expectancy can be up to 20...

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