Global Activism for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

In partnership with the  Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and the Environmental Humanities Hub at the University of London, the Global Centre for Pluralism co-hosted  Global Activism for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the Anthropocene. This panel featured Global Pluralism Award jurors, Mr. Gam Shimray, Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, and Ms. Yásnaya Aguilar Gil, Ayuujk linguist, writer, translator, and Indigenous human rights activist  alongside Chris Chapman, researcher/advisor on Indigenous Rights with Amnesty International. These leading activists discussed the complexities to securing the right to self-determination and environmental justice. They also shared Indigenous perspectives on the global environmental crisis.