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Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI)

The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is a legally registered, non-profit global Indigenous Peoples organization that works to protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, and unite and amplify the call for justice to victims of criminalization and impunity.

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Our Vision

Indigenous Peoples are peacefully exercising their individual and collective rights in their traditional territories, especially their right to self-determination and to their lands, territories and resources, without threat of violence or criminalization.

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Our Mission

To lead and coordinate the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent Criminalization, Violence, and Impunity Against Indigenous Peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Ending violence and impunity against Indigenous Peoples

2024 in Numbers

In 2019, IPRI was established to lead and coordinate the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent Criminalization, Violence, and Impunity against Indigenous Peoples

This Initiative is thereby a global effort to be led by Indigenous Peoples leaders and organizations to strengthen coordination, solidarity and actions on this critical issue at all levels to improve the situation of indigenous peoples.

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Stay informed about IPRI’s latest actions, public statements, and global updates—amplifying Indigenous voices, defending rights, and responding to urgent issues worldwide. Each statement reflects our collective commitment to justice, dignity, and the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights.

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Just Transition or Green Colonialism? The Impact of Indonesia’s Energy Transition on Indigenous Peoples

Indonesia is often presented as a global leader in the green energy transition. The country holds around 40% of the world’s geothermal potential, is the world’s largest producer of nickel, and continues expanding hydropower to support clean energy systems and electric vehicle production. These resources are promoted as key solutions to the climate crisis. However, for many Indigenous Peoples, this transition is far from just

Argentina: The Less It Protects Glaciers, the Greater the Legal Risk

Argentina’s 2026 glacier reform weakens protections for glaciers and periglacial environments, triggering legal challenges and concerns over Indigenous Peoples’ rights, lithium mining expansion, water security, and compliance with international environmental law. The reform has intensified debates over environmental non-regression, federal governance, and the risks of extractive projects in sensitive ecosystems such as Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc.
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From commitments to reality: why Indigenous consent is still failing in global investment projects

Joan Carling, Executive Director of Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and a globally recognized Indigenous leader with over three decades of advocacy on human rights, climate justice, and environmental protection, warned of what she described as “engineered consent”, that is, practices where companies or local authorities bypass legitimate Indigenous leadership to secure approval.

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Meet the guardians of Earth’s last untouched lands

Oil Extraction in Turkana:

Community Rights, Broken Promises, and the Fight for Justice

“We are increasingly concerned about the safety of Geoffry”

Geoffry Ariong, an indigenous Turkana and the Executive Director of Turkana Indigenous People Action for Development (TIPD), has taken a leading role in seeking accountability. On 24th June 2025, TIPD filed a case before the Land and Environmental Court against the County Government of Turkana, alongside Tullow Oil and the National Land Commission.

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The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is a global Indigenous Peoples organization that works to protect the IP rights defenders, and unite and amplify the call for justice and respect for Indigenous Peoples' rights.

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