Founded | 1969 |
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Type | International non-governmental organization |
Focus | Indigenous rights |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Media attention, education, mass letter-writing, research, lobbying |
Key people | Professor James Wood (Chairman) Robin Hanbury-Tenison (President) Caroline Pearce (Director) |
Revenue | £1.18 million (2022) |
Expenses | £1.41 million (2022) |
Award(s) | Right Livelihood Award |
Website | www |
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Survival International is a human rights organisation formed in 1969, a London based charity that campaigns for the collective rights of Indigenous, tribal, and uncontacted peoples.
The organisation's campaigns generally focus on tribal peoples' desires to keep their ancestral lands. Survival International calls these peoples socially vulnerable, and aims to eradicate what it calls 'misconceptions' used to justify violations of human rights. It also aims to publicize harm caused to tribes by corporations and governments. Survival International states that it aims to help foster tribal people's self-determination.
Survival International is in association with the United Nations Department of Global Communications and in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. To ensure freedom of action, Survival accepts no government funding. It is a founding member and a signatory organization of the Accountability Charter (INGO Accountability Charter). Survival has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, and San Francisco.