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Rather, indigenous peoples and their support organizations, in cooperation with governmental and other non-governmental actors, should take a leading role in putting these recommendations into practice. (...) Under this system several generations of Aboriginal children were compelled to attend schools far from their communities, leading to widespread psychological suffering, physical abuse and loss of identity. (...) Despite the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations, judicial processes against Mapuche activities continued in recent years, leading to further long prison sentences. A new judicial process initiated in 2005 against members of Mapuche organizations, including some of those already serving prison sentences, for allegedly engaging in criminal “illegal terrorist association”， an accusation that became the object of a national and international outcry, prompted the Special Rapporteur to address an open letter to the President of Chile.

The El Molo and Turkana, who depend on Lake Turkana for their subsistence, have witnessed the rapid drying out of the lake as a result of prolonged drought and the damming of the tributary rivers, leading to the depletion of fish and increasing intercommunal conflicts. (...) In Maasai Mara the construction of a private tourist resort reportedly associated with top government officials has involved fencing off an area traditionally belonging to the Sekenani village, leading to the loss of access to one of the only three sources of water for everyday human and cattle consumption. (...) In most cases, these abuses have not been seriously investigated and the victims have found no redress, leading to a widespread sense that impunity prevails. 56.

New AIDS cases are significantly more frequent among E/CN.4/2005/88/Add.3 page 12 Aboriginals, and a leading cause of death among Aboriginal children and youth is suicide, a severe social problem that requires long-term integrated policies at all levels. (...) The E/CN.4/2005/88/Add.3 page 14 Special Rapporteur visited one Mi’kmaq fishing community in Nova Scotia, Indian Brook, where the Department’s licensing regulations are not in line with the Supreme Court’s ruling on Aboriginal fishing rights, leading to confrontation between Mi’kmaq fishermen and government officials, and to renewed litigation. (...) Numerous Aboriginal informants spoke to the Special Rapporteur about the transgenerational grief suffered because of the loss of culture, identity and meaningful parenting that has marked community life as a result of the residential school experience, and that may have been one of the factors leading to the high rate of suicide among Aboriginal adolescents. 62.

In October 2016, seven critical television channels were removed from the leading satellite television provider, Digitürk. (...) pageID=238&nID=91163&NewsCatID=341 and www.turkishminute.com/2016/04/13/80000-unsubscribed-digiturk-removal-critical-channels/. 32 See https://turkeypurge.com/govt-revokes-journalist-amberin-zamans-press-card-brings-total-to-623. 33 See https://turkeypurge.com/can-dundars-request-for-renewal-of-press-card-denied. 34 See https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-revokes-permanent-press-cards-of-leading-journalists. A/HRC/35/22/Add.3 GE.17-10204 13 V.

Family violence is, as for non-indigenous women, a leading contributor to homelessness, poverty, criminalization, incarceration, mental and physical ill health, drug and alcohol abuse, and the removal of indigenous children.18 The Special Rapporteur notes that the intrinsic link between family violence, child removal and child protection interventions acts as a significant deterrent for indigenous victims/survivors to disclose family violence and seek assistance from the support services that are available. (...) The Special Rapporteur was distressed to hear stories of indigenous mothers who told her of the perpetuation of negative stereotypes of them, showing a lack of understanding by practitioners of the underlying causes leading to the removal of their children. She notes that the 54 recommendations set out in the landmark report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Bringing Them Home, to redress the impacts of the removal policies and ongoing trauma, have only been partially implemented and remain valid today.21 The failure to comply with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child placement principle is a major concern. 46. (...) The issue is not addressed adequately in legislation or policy frameworks on violence against women or women with disabilities, leading to an overall lack of accountability and impunity for perpetrators.

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In 2005, the country held its first post-conflict elections, leading to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as President. (...) Only one month after the Special Rapporteur’s visit, FrontPage Africa faced another civil suit because of its reporting, leading to the arrest of its staff and a $1.8 million fine. (...) To avoid excessive fines and de facto criminalization of libel, the Special Rapporteur strongly recommends that the existing legal framework be amended to provide for a strict cap on the amount of damages that can be sought in civil libel lawsuits, in line with the principle of proportionality and the need to ensure that measures that endanger the financial viability of a journalist or media outlet do not lead to self- censorship. This would also be in line with the provision in article 21 of the Constitution, which prohibits excessive penalties. 31.

State-run services are provided by a range of overlapping institutions, leading to inefficiency and confusion. Staff at Centres for Social Work and other State institutions are insufficiently trained and largely promote mediation and reconciliation, thereby further endangering victims. (...) Despite positive legislative developments, the protectionist approach to violence against women, as opposed to a human rights approach, is leading to problems in addressing victim safety and offender accountability. (...) Women face difficulties in accessing education and health-care services, leading to diminished life expectancy, high maternal mortality, and high rates of HIV/AIDs infection. 69.

Reports of human rights abuses against supporters of the deposed President rocketed after the coup, when the de facto Government suspended civil liberties and security forces responded to anti-coup demonstrations with excessive force, causing several deaths and injuries and leading to thousands of arbitrary detentions. Elected President Porfirio Lobo established a truth and reconciliation commission in 2010 to examine the events that had occurred before and after the coup. (...) The city of San Pedro Sula, located in the north-west corner of Honduras, grew exponentially in the late nineteenth century when foreign companies received land and tax exemptions to settle in the region, leading to the arrival of thousands of Honduran workers. 4 Available from www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf. 5 See Observatory on Violence, National Bulletin No. 40 (February 2016), available from www.iudpas.org/pdf/Boletines/Nacional/NEd40EneDic2015.pdf. (...) The impact of gang violence and organized crime in certain regions of the country is leading to the forced migration of thousands of persons who try to avoid extortion, forced integration to gangs, sexual violence and killings. 61.

The Special Rapporteur received multiple reports of land loss and resettlement, leading to loss of livelihoods, food insecurity, lack of access to water, inadequate or no compensation for lost resources, impoverishment and indebtedness owing to the forced transition to a cash-based economy. (...) The scope of the current review is unduly narrow. The World Bank is leading a process that considers only dam 29 International Federation for Human Rights and Lao Movement for Human Rights, “Key Human Rights Issues of Concern”, 7 March 2019. (...) Some 80 million cluster bomblets failed to explode, leading to an estimated 50,000 civilians killed or maimed since 1964.