Rubrik: Erklärung

Society for Threatened Peoples is deeply concerned to know the latest development with respect to indigenous peoples in Colombia; particularly those living in the Southern Zone and the U’wa people, those living close to the border with Venezuela. The latter ones…

Society for Threatened Peoples would like to draw the attention of the honorable United Nations Commission on Human Rights to the situation of Aborigine peoples in Australia. For several years now, the Australian government…

With great concern the Society for Threatened Peoples has observed the continuing standstill of efforts to reinstate the UN peace plan for Western Sahara. We share the concerns of the UN’s Secretary-General…

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII), a subsidiary organ of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, had its first meeting May 13 – 24, 2002 in New York. The PFII integrates indigenous peoples and their representatives into the structure of the United Nations. It marks the first time…

Society for Threatened Peoples is deeply concerned about the situation of displaced persons from South-East Turkey. Two and a half million internally displaced Kurds are still waiting inside Turkey for the chance to return home to their demolished villages…

Although all the above-mentioned countries now have government programmes in place aimed at improving the situation of the Roma minority, encouraged in particular by the negotiations on accession to the European Union, the position of Roma children reveals the existence of widespread racism and discrimination against this minority group. The poor quality of school education is a universal feature…

Society for Threatened Peoples is appalled by the systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credible testimonies of several hundred victims of rapes in the eastern state…

In the European Union 40 million people speak minority languages. 2001 was the European Year of Languages. As part of this Year of Action the Council of Europe for the first time provided support for minority languages…

More than 35.000 large dams have been erected since 1950. The People’s Republic of China alone has built more than 19.000 dams since 1949. India has constructed more than 3.000 since independence. More than 400.000 square kilometers have been inundated by reservoirs worldwide.