These acts include but not only limited to: imprisonment due to false charges, killings, displacements, land grabbing, and other human rights violations.

[1] IPRI is governed by a Board of Directors, which consists of a number of people of Indigenous heritage from several different countries, including Canada, Australia, Sweden, Kenya, Colombia, Philippines, Russia and Indonesia.

[2] A former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Victoria Tauli Corpuz,[3] and UN’s Champions of the Earth Awardee, Joan Carling,[4] are the founding leaders and current (2022) co-directors of IPRI.

IPRI supports movement towards national reforms and international enforcement mechanisms that are needed to ensure Indigenous peoples’ right to live on and defend their land is upheld.

[6] The main focus is on six countries where violence against Indigenous peoples is particularly serious: Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico, Philippines.