En Memoria a los 33 Defensores de Derechos Indígenas Asesinados en 2021 en América Latina

In Memoriam: 33 Indigenous Rights Defenders Murdered in 2021 in Latin America
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** In Memoriam: 33 Indigenous Rights Defenders Murdered in 2021 in Latin America
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Violence against Indigenous environmental and human rights defenders is rampant worldwide. As a result of structural violence against Indigenous Peoples, many crimes against them are not highly publicized. As part of our advocacy program, Cultural Survival tracks violence against Indigenous defenders in an effort to draw connections amongst these cases and demonstrate that this crisis, rather than being a set of unconnected attacks on individual people, is systemic. It exemplifies a dominant culture in which Indigenous rights are ignored, crimes against Indigenous Peoples are not taken seriously by governments, and perpetrators of violence against Indigenous Peoples are not held accountable. In some cases, government involvement surpasses negligence or indifference and suggests active complicity with the crimes.

In these profiles ([link removed]) , we remember and mourn 33 Indigenous people who were killed in 2021. We acknowledge that our scope is limited and that violence against Indigenous Peoples and against particular defenders of human rights and the environment far surpasses the data that we were able to collect, and we honor all of the Peoples and communities who have been affected. We commit to continuing to work towards justice for Indigenous land and rights defenders alongside the affected communities to the extent that we are able.

Cultural Survival works alongside community partners in various capacities through on-the-ground capacity building, grantmaking, and legal and policy advocacy at the national and international levels. Related to human rights defenders, our role has been to draw attention, illuminate patterns, and denounce violence to international human rights mechanisms. We do this work in order to build awareness of these crimes at the global level. We encourage questioning by investors in development projects as to the practices of companies on the ground in Indigenous communities, and support calls from communities that the murders of Indigenous defenders do not get swept under the rug but be recognized so that perpetrators may be held accountable.
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** En memoria a los 33 defensores de Derechos Indígenas asesinados en 2021 en América Latina
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La violencia contra los defensores Indígenas del medio ambiente y de los derechos humanos está fuera de control a nivel mundial. Como resultado de la violencia estructural que sufren los Pueblos Indígenas, muchos de los crímenes contra ellos no son ampliamente difundidos. Como parte de nuestro programa de defensa, en Cultural Survival rastreamos la violencia en contra de los defensores Indígenas en un esfuerzo por establecer conexiones entre los casos y demostrar que no se trata solamente de casos aislados de agresiones contra individuos, sino más bien se trata de una crisis sistémica en contra de las personas Indígenas. Ejemplifica una cultura dominante en la cual se ignoran los derechos de las personas Indígenas, en la cual los gobiernos no toman en serio los crímenes cometidos en contra de los Pueblos Indígenas y en la cual los perpetradores de dicha violencia quedan impunes. En algunos casos, la participación de los gobiernos supera la mera negligencia e indiferencia y sugiere
una complicidad activa en dichos crímenes.

En los perfiles ([link removed]) que presentamos a continuación recordamos con mucho dolor a las 33 personas Indígenas que fueron asesinadas durante el 2021. Reconocemos que nuestro alcance es limitado y que la violencia en contra de las personas Indígenas y en particular contra los defensores del medio ambiente y de los derechos humanos, supera enormemente los datos que tenemos la capacidad de recopilar. Honrarnos a todas las personas y comunidades que se han visto afectadas. Nos comprometemos a continuar trabajando por la justicia para los defensores de los derechos y la tierra junto con las comunidades afectadas en la medida de nuestras posibilidades.

Cultural Survival trabaja con miembros de las comunidades en distintas categorías a través del apoyo al desarrollo de capacidades; la concesión de donaciones; y a través de la defensa, política y legal, de los derechos de las personas Indígenas a nivel nacional e internacional. En relación con los defensores de derechos humanos, nuestro enfoque se ha dirigido a atraer atención al tema, revelar los patrones existentes y denunciar la violencia ante los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos. Hacemos este trabajo con el fin de generar conciencia sobre los crímenes a nivel mundial; para alentar a los inversores de proyectos de desarrollo a cuestionar sus acciones dentro de los territorios de comunidades Indígenas; y para apoyar los llamados de las comunidades Indígenas para que los asesinatos no queden impunes, sino que sean reconocidos y que los perpetradores puedan ser llevados ante la justicia.
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