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The operation is going on despite a 2018 East African Court of Justice injunction against "eviction" plans.

In 2011, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues made the same recommendations regarding the implementation of the CHT Peace Accord. In August 2022, the UN high commissioner for human rights also called on the Bangladesh government to implement the accord. So have other UN bodies. But the government remains ignorant to all these calls.

To make change, leaders say the U.N. system needs to do a better job elevating Indigenous voices.

"Indigenous people have to be at the forefront of responses to climate change."

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has recommended that Canada and the United States decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline.

Since mid-March, global sea surface temperatures have been higher than at any time since records began in the 1980s.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has recommended that Canada and the United States decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline.

“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."

Oak flat is one of the largest copper sources in North America. It's also the San Carlos Apache Tribe's most sacred site.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has recommended that Canada and the United States decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline.