Indigenous People Rights

UN Human Rights Committee Finds Finland Violated Sami Political Rights (February 4, 2019)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On February 4, 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee, the body that monitors states parties’ adherence to the I

African Court Rules Expelling Indigenous Population in Kenya Would Violate the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (May 26, 2017)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On May 26, 2017, the African Court on Human and People’s Rights

U.K. Supreme Court Dismisses Case Brought by Chagos Islanders Over Expulsion From Diego Garcia (June 29, 2016)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On June 29, 2016, in R (on the application of Bancoult (No 2)) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the U.K.