Along these line of action, we seek to contribute to the legal recognition, application and protection of rights of indigenous peoples, communities and organizations, by establishing legal actions in judicial instances.
Work strategies:
1. Carry out national and international legal actions.
2. Advise and provide legal assistance to communities and organizations of ethnic peoples.
3. Take legal actions to prevent violations of International Humanitarian Law -IHL- and ethnic rights.
4. Carry out actions to promote self-determination and the advocacy of ethnic peoples’ rights.
5. Contribute to the design of legal mechanisms for indigenous justice, with normative, institutional and financial guarantees for access to justice for indigenous peoples.
6. Strengthen the capacities of indigenous Authorities and Judges for the articulation and access to justice of indigenous peoples.
7. Support Indigenous Authorities, Government Institutions and Agencies for granting justice with respect and guarantee to Human Rights of Indigenous Women.
With an analysis of four national cases of prior consent processes with indigenous peoples that were accompanied by Akubadaura, the Law Collective publishes its report in which it analyzes the Free, Prior and Informed Consent -FPIC- in Colombia (CPLI for its acronym in spanish), emphasizing on its scopes, historical evolution, including an interpretation of the […]
In its latest report, Akubadaura analyzes the historical evolution, legal development, and implementation of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Colombia (FPIC). In the report, Akubadaura argues that the legal understanding of FPIC contains deep conflicts between the norms and the legal decisions. For example, the latter does not respect other fundamental […]
On the occasion of the Release of Akubadaura’s Report on Prior Consent, in collaboration with Columbia University an exercise of knowledge exchange was held. Here is an interview with two of the researchers at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. Columbia Law School – The Earth Institute, Columbia University Q: What do you see as […]
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