In Australia, the battleground is history, the related issue of indigenous rights, art and the environment.
It is a competition between the indigenous rights of the San people, and the economic interests of Botswana.
For his part, Mr Labastida promised to introduce constitutional reforms on indigenous rights in the next session of Congress.
Some sights hark back to before European settlement in 1788, but the vast majority are tied to arts, education and the fight for indigenous rights.
Yet on energy and indigenous rights the social movements are united.
Specific related topics included Indigenous Rights, Refugees and Immigrants, Human Trafficking, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Education for All, Media and Freedom of Expression, and many others.
It also reflects an important element of "indigenous rights".
In addition, she says the company has expanded access and quality of healthcare, introduced vocational training, put a priority on local business development, and established more respect for human rights, including Indigenous rights.
While the Attawapiskat leader has continued her fast, First Nations protesters and others have rallied around her, as well as Canadian indigenous rights movement Idle No More, in protest on a range of issues.
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Indeed, during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, President Morales criticized the concept of globalization as well as what he calls a "US policy of discrimination against indigenous rights in Latin America".
They reject the lack of institutional checks and balances on the power of the presidency and accuse Mr Morales of having hijacked the cause of improving indigenous rights to bolster his own popularity and grip on power, rather than to empower Bolivia's indigenous poor.
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In another report Wednesday, ONIC, the indigenous human rights group in Colombia, said the FARC has abducted 120 Awas since February 4.
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The constitutional changes cover inter alia military, judicial and indigenous-rights reforms.
He managed to look as if he fully supported their demands for an indigenous-rights bill, and let Congress take the blame for watering down the bill.
Intergovernmental organisations should encourage the sharing of OER across languages and cultures, respecting indigenous knowledge and rights.
International experience also suggests that such protection can strengthen significantly when indigenous intellectual property rights become dominant.
The report also cites the example of Bolivia, which has embraced sweeping forestry reforms that not only give formal recognition to indigenous peoples' rights to forests, but also exempt small-scale producers from onerous regulations and concession fees.
My Administration also supports the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
He had campaigned against mining operators claiming that their activities violated the rights of indigenous people in the region.
Many countries have no legislation that protects the rights of indigenous people.
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Failure to ensure land rights for indigenous peoples and particularly women, will impede efforts to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, say the authors.
The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous tribes people and the rural poor, who they say have been neglected by governments for decades.
In a referendum notable for a low turnout, voters in Guatemala rejected 50 proposed reforms aimed at giving rights to indigenous people and curbing the security forces.
The "Foro" holds an ardent anti-globalization and anti-American posture and also speaks for the rights of indigenous populations and promotes Indian separatism from the (Latin American) national states.
They claim the Marshall Islands government has no right to bargain away the rights of indigenous inhabitants of Kwajalein, who were moved by the Americans to nearby Ebeye in the 1960s.
Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity, bodily health, and spiritual well-being, with special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities.
In a move that garnered little media attention but which could have a big impact in Indian Country the Obama administration has endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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One year after the historic adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly, the Inter-agency Support Group was in Paris to deliberate on the challenging goal of weaving culture and identity into development.
The Zapatista uprising began in January 1994, when the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army, led by a man known only as "Subcommandante Marcos" declared war on the central government in an effort to gain improved living conditions and better rights for indigenous Indian peasants in the southern Chiapas region.
"We are the ones that are the most effected" by climate change, said Saul Vicente-Vasquez, a Mexican economist and longtime human rights activist for indigenous peoples.
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