Society for Threatened Peoples (STP)

Six months after the historic complaint by Sámi reindeer herders from Finland was filed with the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) is renewing its call on the Finnish government to take the case as a wake-up call and respect the rights of the Sámi. Since the beginning of 2026, the complaint has been the subject of an ongoing review by the UN Human Rights Committee.

Following the US military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) warns against the erosion of international law and criticizes the lack of a clear condemnation by the German government and the EU.

Shortly before Christmas, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) renewed its appeal to German politicians and the media to take seriously the threat posed by political Islam, especially to Christian communities, Alawites/Alevis, Druze, Yazidis, Bahá’ís, Mandaeans, and Jews.

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) fears that the Bolivian government’s decision to abolish fuel subsidies overnight will primarily affect indigenous communities and other marginalized population groups. Despite the announcement of social compensation measures, the human rights organization sees a considerable risk of social unrest and new protests.

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the non-governmental organization PowerShift have sharply criticized the German government’s approval of the EU-Mercosur agreement. Ahead of the vote in the EU Council scheduled for this week, the human rights organizations warn: The agreement secures profits and systematically outsources the social, ecological, and human rights costs. Indigenous Peoples in particular will suffer from the consequences,” fears Jan Königshausen, STP advisor on Indigenous Peoples.

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) calls on the German government to reject the watering down of the EU supply chain law in the upcoming vote in the EU Council. “The current draft law waters down the supply chain directive to such an extent that it becomes ineffective. Instead of protecting those affected by human rights violations and environmental destruction, most companies are exempted from the obligation to take responsibility for human rights violations along their supply chains,” criticizes Jan Königshausen, STP advisor on Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous communities in Chile will be on the losing side of the elections, regardless of the actual outcome of the presidential election on Sunday, December 14, fears the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP). An election victory for the far-right José Antonio Kast in particular would result in significant repression for Indigenous Peoples.

The member organizations of Forum Menschenrechte (FMR), which include the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), have produced 90 aide-mémoires this year containing human rights analyses of countries and issues, as well as recommendations to the German federal government.

The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) supports the statement by Göttingen Postkolonial and the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation, which strongly criticizes the closure of the Anthropological Collection at the University of Göttingen. The collection is scheduled to be closed in February 2026, even though there is still no human rights-compliant concept for dealing with the human remains stored there.