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CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, who is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (Centre for International Studies and Research) in Paris, has had a 25-year-long association with India. He offers courses in the modern history of India and the polity of South Asia (...)

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) launched its latest publication on Post War Reconstruction: Prospects and Challenges on the 16th of December 2010. This is one of the first books published locally or international on Reconstruction in Sri Lanka. This volume is edited by Dr. (...)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par InfoChange, a été traduit par Amandine Millioz, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
Le Kerala est au seuil d’une transition : avec des transferts d’argent en provenance des émigrés qui devraient diminuer et la baisse des migrations vers le (...)

A violência relacionada com os povos indígenas no Brasil é um tema recorrente nos estudos e avaliações sobre a situação dos direitos humanos no país. A academia também tem abordado o assunto a partir de diferentes perspectivas, especialmente, as ciências sociais e a saúde pública.
São formas (...)

L’Unesco, organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture, créée en 1945, s’est beaucoup consacrée à l’aide au développement en Afrique à partir des années 1960. Plusieurs projets ont été lancés consistant à utiliser la radio et la télévision en vue de l’éducation et (...)

The United States is facing international scrutiny for its apparent failure to prosecute criminals who enter indigenous territories to prey on Native women and girls.
Between 60 and 80 percent of violent victimisation of Native American women is perpetrated by non-Natives, says a U.N. expert (...)

Quelle image du continent africain les journaux télévisés français renvoient-ils ? Quels sont les sujets africains traités par les reporters du " JT " ? C’est à cette question que s’intéresse le dernier numéro d’INA Stat, document mensuel d’analyse statistique des " JT " du soir de TF1, (...)

The Royal Society of Canada report on the tar sands released today, spurred concern by directly impacted communities and allies today as conclusions were put forward around the impacts of tar sands development within the region.
“With data coming from primarily government and industry (...)

En Équateur, la maîtrise de l’eau a toujours constitué un sujet de confrontation entre les différents acteurs impliqués dans la production agricole. Au cours des trois dernières décennies, sous l’influence des instances internationales, l’État a adopté des politiques publiques favorables à la (...)

On February 16th I read a comment was posted on the wall of the Kullina Khalid Saed ("We are all Khaled Said") Facebook page administered by the now very famous Wael Ghonim. By that time it had been there for about 21 hours. The comment referred to a news item reporting that European (...)

El compromiso del gobierno y de diversos organismos del Estado respecto a la protección y promoción de los derechos humanos es puesto en duda en Chile por un informe especial lanzado este jueves 25.
"Creo que no hay una comprensión cabal por parte de las autoridades, de distintos órganos (...)

Even four years after the Sachar Committee Report revealed that Muslims were one of the most economically backward and socially disadvantaged communities, nothing much has been done to address the development deficits of this community. Read more

A estreita e especial relação dos povos indígenas com suas terras foi reconhecida em relatório da Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (CIDH). "Direitos dos Povos Indígenas e Tribais sobre suas Terras Ancestrais e Recursos Naturais: Normas e Jurisprudência do Sistema Interamericano de (...)

Há uma mudança no mundo político, social e cultural do Oriente Médio. Criará muitas tragédias, levantará muitas esperanças e derramará demasiado sangue. Talvez seja melhor ignorar os analistas e seus think-tanks, cujos "especialistas” idiotas dominam os canais de televisão globais. Se os (...)

The view from Israel is that if they indeed succeed, the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions are bad, very bad. Educated Arabs — not all of them dressed as "Islamists," quite a few of them speaking perfect English whose wish for democracy is articulated without resorting to "anti-Western" (...)

Over the years, the Kadars, a dwindling aboriginal tribe who live on the borders of the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, have survived pestilences, extreme exploitation and even mass sterilisations. But a new government plan to build a hydroelectric dam across the Chalakudy (...)

Namibia, Namaqualand and the Namib Desert are all named after the first people who lived in that area, the Nama. Where are the Nama today? The reality is that they have largely become forgotten bit players in a complex world.
The indigenous people of various nations, descended from (...)

Millones de enfermos de cáncer en el mundo podrán beneficiarse del medicamento taxol (paclitaxel), elaborado por laboratorios de Estados Unidos a partir de hongos como los de las montañas tepuy de Venezuela, sin retribuir nada a las comunidades indígenas que habitan esos paisajes desde tiempo (...)

In Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s eight years as president of Brazil, he signed decrees creating just 88 indigenous reserves, far fewer than his immediate predecessors. That figure comes from the governmental National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), which (...)

Le Parlement entame cette semaine les débats sur la révision des lois de bioéthique de 2004. Après trois ans de consultation, le débat se cristallise sur trois points clés : la filiation, les inégalités d’accès à la procréation assistée et la gestation pour autrui. Doit-on s’attendre à une (...)