Recently, Shannon Biggs of Movement Rights had the opportunity to return to Bolivia as part of the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature, a Commission which was born out…
Speech by Shannon Biggs at the press conference in Bolivia on August 20th, a day after the Tribunal was detained at the TIPNIS. Transcript in English / Spanish. https://youtu.be/UvxuT99-TmM Transcript…
The Commission went to the Polígono 7 section on Sunday, August 19th, to listen to the parties after the invitation of CPITCO (Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of the Cochabamba Tropics), however, upon their arrival they were detained at the Isinuta bridge, and were not allowed to communicate externally; by a blockade of settlers and coca producing farmers and a union of transporters who are in favor of the construction of a highway that crosses the TIPNIS. They were detained for more than five hours. The Commission was held back without being able to move forward, but also unable to return.
The commission, made up of four members of this body, will travel to Beni, to enter the TIPNIS and meet with the 64 indigenous communities that live there.
May 1, 2018 When Shannon Biggs found out about the Maori/New Zealand Crown Settlement Agreements which recognized the personhood of the Te Urewera rainforest and the Whanganui River she was…
A talk by Movement Rights on indigenous people's and nature’s rights.
Movement Rights coproduced a report, Rights of Nature: Rights-Based Law for Systemic Change with our allies Womens Earth and Climate Action Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network as part of our activities in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS: Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Business Council [email protected] (580) 716-7015 Shannon Biggs, Co-founder & Executive Director, Movement Rights [email protected] (415) 298-9419 Pennie…
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