"Indigenous peoples across the globe are increasingly subjected to criminalization and violations of their individual and collective rights with impunity. We want to put an end to this.”

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.

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

Two staunch indigenous activists and human rights advocates from the Philippines — United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples Rights Victoria Tauli Corpuz and UN’s Champions of the Earth Awardee Joan Carling — are the founding leaders and current co-directors of IPRI.

OUR AIMS

IPRI centers its work on:

Responding to, reducing, and preventing violence against and criminalization of Indigenous Peoples;
Securing the safety of indigenous individuals and communities under threat by providing emergency response, legal support, and other protective measures; and
Increasing global awareness by leading and coordinating campaigns to address violence, and criminalization of Indigenous Peoples.

While IPRI intends to respond to cases from all corners of the world, it currently focuses on the following countries with reported high incidents of criminalization of and impunity against Indigenous Peoples: Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines, India, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.