This virtual event will honor the 2020 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate, indigenous human rights defender and Munduruku leader Alessandra Korap Munduruku, for her work defending the culture, livelihoods, and rights of the Munduruku indigenous people in Brazil. A formal presentation of the award will be followed by a panel discussion on the challenges the Munduruku people, and the indigenous population in Brazil at large, are up against: including exploitation, degradation and invasion of their lands and territories, ensuring their right to be properly consulted regarding projects that affect their rights, and the threats to indigenous leaders and activists for their work, all amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that represents a particularly serious risk to them.
The award will be presented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights president Kerry Kennedy and the Hon. John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State.
Keynote Speaker
Hon. John Kerry, Former United States Secretary of State
Opening remarks
Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Moderator
Andrew Revkin, Director, Initiative on Communication & Sustainability, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Panelists:
Juarez Saw Munduruku, Chief of the Sawré Muybu village
Maria Leusa Cosme Kaba, Munduruku women's leader
Antonia Urrejola, Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People and Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Francisco Cali-Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People
Christian Poirer, Program Director at Amazon Watch
Sebastião Salgado, Award-winning French-Brazilian social documentary photographer
We look forward to you joining us for this very special event.
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