Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin
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Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA) was founded in 1984 in Lima, Peru. This organization coordinates the following nine national Amazon
ian indigenous
organizations:
The objectives of the COICA organization are to promote and develop mechanisms that encourage the interaction of Indigenous peoples with the member organizations of COICA, to defend the self-determination of Indigenous peoples, to respect the human rights
of its members, to coordinate the actions of its members on an international level, to fortify and cultivate mutual collaboration between all Indigenous peoples of the region, and to promote the cultural vindication of its members. Some of the initiatives that COICA has been able to accomplish include allowing indigenous peoples to be educated in their native languages and the foundation of an Amazon Indigenous University. Accomplishments such as these have encouraged the revitalization of traditional cultures. In 1993, COICA’s headquarters was permanently relocated to Quito, Ecuador. Here the organization has received legal recognition by the Ecuador
ian state.
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
ian indigenous
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
organizations:
- Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)
- Amerindian People’s Association of Guyana (APA)
- Confederación de Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia (CIDOB)
- Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia BrasileiraCoordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian AmazonCoordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon or COIAB is a Brazilian indigenous organization composed by several indigenous rights organizations of the Brazilian Amazon Basin. It was created at a meeting of indigenous leaders in April 1989 and is now composed of 75 member...
(COIAB) - Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian AmazoniaCONFENIAEThe Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon or CONFENIAE is the regional organization of indigenous peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon or Oriente region. Nine indigenous peoples present in the region — Quichua, Shuar, Achuar, Huaorani, Siona, Secoya, Shiwiar, Záparo, and...
(CONFENIAE) - Regional Organization of Indigenous Towns of the Amazon
- Federation des Organisations Amerindiennes de Guyane
- Organization Van Inheemsen in Suriname
- Organization of the Indigenous Towns of the Colombian Amazonia
The objectives of the COICA organization are to promote and develop mechanisms that encourage the interaction of Indigenous peoples with the member organizations of COICA, to defend the self-determination of Indigenous peoples, to respect the human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
of its members, to coordinate the actions of its members on an international level, to fortify and cultivate mutual collaboration between all Indigenous peoples of the region, and to promote the cultural vindication of its members. Some of the initiatives that COICA has been able to accomplish include allowing indigenous peoples to be educated in their native languages and the foundation of an Amazon Indigenous University. Accomplishments such as these have encouraged the revitalization of traditional cultures. In 1993, COICA’s headquarters was permanently relocated to Quito, Ecuador. Here the organization has received legal recognition by the Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
ian state.