Representatives of indigenous communities participate in the 15th session of the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (photo credit: UN).
Violations of indigenous rights and the lack of proper consultations on the impacts of large infrastructure and extractive projects took center stage as thousands of representatives of indigenous groups attended the 15th session of the forum in New York.
“This is a real concern,” Álvaro Esteban Pop, one of the leaders of the UNFPII, told Diálogo Chino, adding: “There’s not a single country in Latin America that doesn’t have cases of indigenous rights violations. In almost all the regions of the world we have situations that violate the right of these peoples to be consulted.”
