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MISSION
The Political
Constitution and the Statute of
Authonomy of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaraguaand, created the legal
frame
of the rights of this indigenous peoples. The legal demands for their
observation,
divulgence, and broadcasting of these rights are esdcential. The
divulgence
of the rights to their language, culture, communal lands, natural
resources,
and customs, should reach the indigenous peoples, public officials, and
the rest of society, so that they can be effectively applied; so that
training
programs to the indigenous leaders, government officials, regional
authorities,
judges, lawyers, students, and civil society, is given by CALPI to
achieve
this end. Radio programs and the printing of informational material
about
these rights are created and distributed to different social actors and
institutions in the region. And the signed agreements of cooperation
with
the local universities URACCAN and BICU is being implemented in order
to
educate law students and professors about the rights of indigenous
peoples.
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An indigenous
girl
(photo
by Andres Peres)
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This
website is hosted by Native Web
and
designed by Álvaro Vergara of CALPI.
calpi.org@gmail.com