Access to justice is key to advancing individual and collective human rights for indigenous women and girls | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General Assembly. It followed an interactive dialogue led by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.

“For indigenous women, the justice process is not quick, effective, nor fair,” said Ms. Tauli-Corpuz. “When we talk of access to justice we must talk of access to justice of individuals but usually also of the collective indigenous peoples.”

She announced the elaboration of a thematic report on indigenous women and children in coordination with treaty bodies such as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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