Mayan fellow fights for land, heritage and culture
Miguel
de Léon Ceto, a Mayan activist from Guatemala, works to ensure the land
and cultural rights of the Ixil Mayan are respected and protected. He
also supports Ixil ancestral authorities on matters concerning the
preservation, management and protection of their natural assets: http://sm.ohchr.org/14mN2mv
Miguel recently participated in the four-week Indigenous Fellowship
Programme of the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva. Since the launch of
the Programme in 1997, over 300 indigenous men and women have been given
the opportunity to learn about the UN system, human rights instruments
and mechanisms with indigenous rights as a key component.
