EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Foreign affairs

European Parliament calls on EU to better protect indigenous peoples

03/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – By adopting the report of Francisco Assis (S&D, Portugal) on the violation of indigenous peoples' rights in the world (534 votes in favour, 71 against, with 73 abstentions), MEPs call on the EU, the member states and their international partners to adopt all the measures necessary to ensure the full recognition, protection and promotion of indigenous peoples' rights, including with regard to their land, their territories and their resources.  The Parliament...