Projects

Who Could Survive a Scorching Sun?

Living Laws’ debut film made in collaboration with the Bora, Muinane, Okaina, and Uitoto indigenous peoples of the Predio Putumayo in Colombia.

“Who Could Survive A Scorching Sun?” follows Irish lawyer and activist Brendan Tobin as he follows in the steps of fellow Irishman Roger Casement, a humanitarian who was sent to the heart of the Amazon to investigate and denounce the exploitation and genocide of the Indigenous peoples at the hands of the Peruvian Amazon Company.

100 years after Casement’s investigation, what reparations have been made to the affected Indigenous peoples? And what threats do they face now?

Digital Storytelling Capacity Building

Learn about Living Laws’ methodologies in training and empowering communities to tell their stories their way.

Why Living Law Matters

Read Dr Brendan Tobin’s publication on “Living Law”, the customary laws of Indigenous peoples and local communities; dynamic systems preserved through storytelling in a living process. “Indigenous Peoples Customary Law and Human Rights - Why Living Law Matters” demonstrates the role and importance of Indigenous peoples’ legal regimes for the effective recognition and protection of their human rights. Soon to be translated into Spanish.