STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF OGIEK PEOPLES’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (OPDP) AT  THE 79th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND  PEOPLES RIGHTS ON 14 MAY – 3RD JUNE 2024 

Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, state delegates, ladies and gentlemen.  Chairperson, We, the Ogiek Peoples Development Program (OPDP), bring forth this statement to the African  Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to highlight the dire situation faced by the indigenous Ogiek  community, who reside in and have long-standing ancestral ties to the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya. […]

REDEFINING THE PLACE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND YOUTH IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND GOVERNANCE SPACE IN AFRICA    

Participants of the Indigenous women and youth training on climate change and land governance in Burundi, March 2024 The Regional Platform on Indigenous peoples (RP 5) is one of the member-led multi-stakeholder networks supported by the International Land Coalition(ILC) whose goal is to work towards securing the territorial rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa. The […]