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| Rightful Place |
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| Kenya / U.S.A / 2007 / 16 / Endorois |
| Produced by WITNESS, Comissao Pastoral da Terra
(CPT) and Center for Justice and International Law
(CEJIL) |
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| Synopsis |
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| In 1974, the Endorois community were evicted from their land by the
Kenyan government to make way for a game reserve and tourist resort.
The community continues to struggle for reparation for their loss and
restitution to their land. Yet, their efforts have been met only with denial,
harassment and further eviction by successive Kenyan governments; this
time to make way for mineral mining. Through the personal stories of
members of the Endorois community, Rightful Place narrates the impact
of displacement on individual, identity and community and of the
struggle of the Endorois to reclaim their rightful place. |
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| Director's Biography |
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| WITNESS is an international human rights organisation that provides
training and support to local groups to use video in their human rights
advocacy campaigns. Comissao Pastoral da Terra (CPT) is a non
governmental organisation that defends the right to land, access to
water, just labour laws and human dignity of agricultural workers in
Brazil. Center for Justice and International Law's (CEJIL) principle
objective is to achieve the full implementation of international human
rights norms in the member states of the Organisation of the American
States (OAS) through the use of the Inter-American System for the
Protection of Human Rights and other international protection
mechanisms. |
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| The Rights Angle 2009 |
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| The Endorois eviction from their ancestral lands without reparation, representation or participation is a direct violation of
their property rights as their entire spiritual, cultural and economic ties to the land are denied. This indigenous, pastoral
community therefore suffers from severe poverty and inadequate infrastructure because the Kenyan government refuses to
provide adequate compensation or benefits from the reserve that now occupies the land. |
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Website |
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www.witness.org |
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Print Source |
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Christine Umali, Outereach and
Administrative Associate / WITNESS, 80
Hanson Place, 5th floor, Brooklyn, NY
11217, USA
christine@witness.org
1 718 783 2000 ext. 342 |
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