Indigenous Justice
By combining respect for their ancient cultures, languages and traditions with the integration of current judicial reform, we shall continue to empower the indigenous peoples while still protecting due process and other fundamental human rights.
ACCESO’s relationships with a wide range of indigenous groups including the Guaraní, Aymará, and Quechua have built on our work in the Southern Cone on indigenous legal defense programs over the decade. ACCESO trained the team of public defenders who successfully defended the Mapuche leaders in an internationally followed trial. In 1999, we created a legal clinic to mediate disputes in Temuco, the capital of the IX Region of Chile. For years we have worked from La Paz, Bolivia to Arica, Chile with Aymara leaders in community building and problem-solving efforts.
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Our work in partnership with a number of local authorities, non-governmental organizations, indigenous solidarity groups, foreign governments, regional institutions, and international aid agencies throughout the region have provided educational tools to indigenous communities to train their future advocates.
