Water Protectors Legal Collective and Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program Submit Report to UN on Human Rights and Indigenous Environment Protectors
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In a searing report submitted to the United Nations on October 3, 2019, Water Protectors Legal Collective and the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program (IPLP) document: 1) disproportionate punishment of indigenous environmental activism in the United States; 2) state and private collaboration to violate the civil rights of water protectors; 3) legislation intended to suppress resistance to the fossil fuel industry; and 4) the US’ failure to comply with its treaty obligations to indigenous peoples.