Sarayaku wins a judgment on consultation and Indigenous territory

Law 12.288 established Brazil's Statute of Racial Equality, addressing equal opportunity and the defense of Black people's individual, collective and cultural rights. Its provisions covered areas...

At the White House Tribal Nations Conference, President Barack Obama announced United States support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The shift followed the country's...

Nepal's legislature passed a bill criminalizing caste discrimination and untouchability in public and private spheres. The National Dalit Commission and OHCHR welcomed provisions on official...

George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. The killing generated sustained public demands for accountability and debate over the suspicion directed at Black young people....

The Supreme Federal Court unanimously upheld the University of Brasília's racial admissions policy. The decision recognized affirmative action as compatible with the Constitution and addressed...

A neo-Nazi gunman attacked worshippers at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people that day and injuring others. The attack exposed the lethal consequences of organized racist...

South African police killed 34 mineworkers during the strike at Marikana. The massacre exposed the coercive protection of an extractive economy in a formally democratic state. A decolonial...

Brazil enacted Law 12.711, reserving half of places in federal higher-education institutions for students from public secondary schools, with income and racial provisions. The policy included Black,...

Idle No More organized a national day of action as Indigenous opposition to federal policy gathered strength. Teach-ins and public mobilization connected treaty relationships, sovereignty and...

Idle No More supporters mobilized in a global day of action for Indigenous sovereignty and protection of land and water. The demonstrations extended the movement beyond its initial teach-ins....