The Akubadaura launches the video of the National Meeting of Experiences: Indigenous Women Weavers of Leadership for the Defense of their Rights, the video collects the contributions of women, leaders of indigenous communities in Colombia and Guatemala who participated in the event. In addition to being emotional, this meeting was the ideal framework to generate […]
Today we look to the future with hope, optimism and opportunity. In simple acts of change of government we can see a recognition of the social, cultural and historical value of indigenous peoples in Colombia, our presence and relevance in the public arena is not cosmetic but active and constructive. Looking into the future forces […]
by Dimitri Selibas on 18 May 2022 for Mongabay Originally published by Mongabay. Read… Most of Colombia’s remaining 600 Indigenous Nukak people live in camps around Guaviare’s capital and see returning to their territory, a one million-hectare Amazonian reserve, as the only way to survive and live dignified lives. A coexistence agreement signed between the […]
With an analysis of four national cases of prior consent processes with indigenous peoples that were accompanied by Akubadaura, the Law Collective releases 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 […]