IDWIP 2020 - A Conversation With Francisco Cali Tzay

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 5:20 p.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already posed a grave health threat to the world's Indigenous Peoples as they already experience poor access to essential healthcare services. Indigenous Peoples globally are seeking their own solutions to this pandemic. Indigenous Rights Radio program producer Dev Kumar Sunuwar caught up with Francisco Cali Tzay, the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples who discussed COVID-19’s impacts on Indigenous communities. Here is the exclusive interview with Cali Tzay on the occasion of the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples. Producer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar Interviewee: Francisco Cali Tzay, the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Music: Remember Your Children by Salidummay, used by permission