CODEDI
Committee for the Defence of Indigenous Peoples (Comité de Defensa de los Pueblos Indígenas - CODEDI). CODEDI is an organisation that has a long-term commitment to the promotion of the rights of indigenous communities to land, autonomy and self-determination. It focuses on the defence of human rights violations produced by hydroelectric and mining projects in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. CODEDI has worked for more than 20 years on the promotion and protection of human rights of 50 indigenous communities in different regions in the state of Oaxaca.
Human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in Mexico are subject to intimidation, legal harassment, arbitrary detention, death threats, acts of physical aggression, enforced disappearances and killings as a result of their activities in defence of human rights and the exercise of freedom of expression and journalism.
