HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG
Forest Politics and Climate Litigation: The Case of Tanah Papua
Relevant Global Findings On 22nd May 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published their new findings stating that climate change has caused over two million deaths and US$4.3 trillion in economic losses over the past fifty years, highlighting the fact
„All the Birds are Gone“– Indigenous women’s rights in Papua
The year 2021 could have marked a changing point for West Papua’s[1] future as the Special Autonomy Law dating from 2001 expired and therefore new regulations regarding the status of West Papua’s indigenous people in Indonesian law had to be
West Papua and the Stop Ecocide Campaign
The indigenous peoples around the world are living in harmony with nature and often see their livelihood destroyed for profit from timber, mining or otherwise. “You have ate my body. Which part that you have not eaten?” Mama Yosepa Alomang,
LECTURES AND MEDIA
| 24 Januari ’23 | Speaker at International Conference on Achieving Climate Justice: Examining the Role of Green Crimes and Environmental Destruction Topic: “Protecting the Indigenous Papuan People by Creating the Crime of Ecocide” |
| 9 December ‘22 | Speaker at conference “Resisting Ecocide: Restoring Balance and Harmony to West Papua” - Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice |
| 15 August '22 | Speaker at Memorial 15 augustus Zwolle |
| 20 June '22 | Speaker at Panel during the Climate Change and International Law Conference |
| 16 June '22 | Speaker on the panel The Key Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Nature Conservation During Times of Climate Emergency, Helsinki-Finland |
| 15 March '22 | Speaker at CSW66 Parallel Event: Traditional Actors Addressing the Impacts of Climate and Conflict Emergencies |
| 22 October '21 | Appearance in ELANCE Documentary by Amanda van Hesteren |
| 22 October '21 | Podcast on Ecocide - Part II of The Auxiliary Chamber, hosted by Bram Burger and Noa van der Meché |
| 28 May 2021 | Interview Reformatorisch Dagblad “Mensenrechten zijn in oplaaiend conflict Papoea van latere zorg" |
| 11 March 2021 | Webinar “Ecocide in West Papua”, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Languages |
| 10 March 2021 | Panel member “Creating the Crime of Ecocide” during the Annual Meeting of American Society of International Law 2021 |
| 1 December '20 |
Bijdrage 1 december-viering Sophia museum The Hague - The Netherlands |
| 6 December '19 |
Ecocide Symposium The Hague - The Netherlands |
| 6 October 2019 | Panel member and guest speaker during Afro Vibes Festival “Speaking Truth to Power”, The Hague-The Netherlands |
| 18 May 2019 | Moderator during Seminar “Human Rights Challenged in West Papua: Prospects, Reforms and Conflict Resolution in Indonesia after the Elections”, The Hague – The Netherlands |
| 16 May 2019 | Guest lecture ‘Ecocide and West Papua’, Erasmus School of Law, Master International Environmental Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam – The Netherlands |
| 9 May 2019 | Guest lecture ‘West Papua through the Prism of International Law’, Tilburg University – The Netherlands |
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