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India: The State of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples 2009

by sacw.net, 23 May 2009

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Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN)

The report covers wide range of issues such as violations of the rights of the indigenous peoples by the security forces and the non-tribals, indigenous peoples and armed conflict, violations of the international humanitarian law by the armed opposition groups, violence against indigenous women and children, alienation of indigenous peoples’ land, displacement of indigenous/tribal peoples, repression under forest laws, failure of affirmative action programmes and state of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, among others.

The State of India’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples 2009
A report by Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN)

Copyright (c) 2009 Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network.