Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific

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Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific
Participant in Colombian armed conflict
Active	? – present
Ideology	Indigenous rights
Leaders
Area of operations	Colombia
Strength	~ 80
Opponents	Government of Colombia

The Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific or Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Indigenas del Pacifico is a small guerrilla group based in rural indigenous areas of Colombia.

The group, known by the acronym of FARIP, is an indigenous revolutionary group, common government estimates give the group a total number of 80 fighters. It is speculated that, like the largely peaceful ONIC (National Indigenous Organization of Colombia) and other indigenous self-defense forces, to be poorly armed (Indian forces usually carry only sticks).

v t e Indigenous rights

Rights	Conflict resolution Cultural diversity Cultural heritage Freedom from forced assimilation Freedom from forced removal Freedom from racial discrimination Freedom of religion Gender equality Human rights Indigenous intellectual property Indigenous language Land rights Land-use planning Right to determine indigeneity Self-determination Traditional knowledge

Governmental organizations	Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Arctic Council Bureau of Indian Affairs Council of Indigenous Peoples Fundação Nacional do Índio National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (Philippines) United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Non-governmental and political organizations	Amazon Watch Assembly of First Nations Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin Cultural Survival Friends of Peoples Close to Nature Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs National Indigenous Organization of Colombia Native American Rights Fund Survival International Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Zapatista Army of National Liberation (more ...)

Issues	Bantustan / Indian reservation / Indian reserve / Ranchería Civilizing mission Colonialism Cultural genocide Manifest Destiny Postdevelopment theory Settler colonialism

Legal representation	Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007

Historical cases	2009 Peruvian political crisis Chiapas conflict Depopulation of Diego Garcia High Arctic relocation Indian removal Mapuche conflict Oka Crisis Rubber boom San controversy Stolen Generations

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