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Sustainable Development Goal 16 & Indigenous Peoples’ collective rights to land, territories & resources

  • 28/04/2021
  • FAO

Criminalisation and violence towards Indigenous Peoples are even more worrying in times of pandemics, when they are already in a more vulnerable situation due to the virus and the lack of effective access to health services, as well as lowered protection in laws and regulations that apply to Indigenous Peoples. This document provides an insight on the criminalisation of and violence against Indigenous Peoples.