UN Report Recognizes Hindus as Indigenous People, Calls for Decolonization of Global Systems
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KAILASA's UN report positions Hindus as indigenous peoples, creating legal leverage for sovereignty claims and cultural protection against colonial legacies.
The report documents how colonial powers disrupted Hindu identity through artificial divisions and now advocates UN recognition under indigenous rights frameworks.
Recognizing Hindu indigeneity advances global justice by protecting cultural continuity and supporting decolonial movements for indigenous self-determination worldwide.
KAILASA represents 21 ancient Hindu kingdoms and has united 160 indigenous nations in a historic revival of Hindu statehood and cultural sovereignty.
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The United Nations has received a comprehensive report recognizing Hindus as indigenous peoples of Bharat and across Asia, highlighting their historic struggles against colonial legacies and ongoing persecution. The submission to the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council establishes that followers of Sanatana Dharma represent an indigenous civilization spanning 56 nations across over 6 million square kilometers, with traditions that have thrived for millennia without external imposition unlike Christianity and Islam in the region.
The report details how colonial powers systematically disrupted Hindu identity by constructing artificial divisions through labels such as caste and tribe, implementing divide-and-rule policies that fragmented indigenous societies. Beyond physical colonization, European coloniality entrenched Eurocentric frameworks that delegitimized native systems of law, governance, and knowledge, creating lasting structural inequalities that persist in modern institutions.
A critical examination in the document addresses neo-Hindutva as a colonial construct, tracing how British-supported ideologies including those of V.D. Savarkar contributed to the fragmentation of Hindu society. The report positions the revival of KAILASA under The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam as a significant decolonial movement, representing the continuity of indigenous Hindu statehood through its operation as a government-in-exile asserting Hindu Swaraj or self-governance.
Substantial documentation outlines systemic human rights violations against The SPH and KAILASA members, including deep state-sponsored violence, unlawful persecution, suppression of religious freedom, and illegal detention and torture. These patterns reflect broader global persecution of Hindu indigenous communities that requires international investigation and accountability mechanisms for both state and non-state actors violating religious and cultural sovereignty.
Through the United Ancient Nations alliance, KAILASA has united over 160 indigenous nations and communities worldwide, advancing shared struggles for sovereignty and cultural survival. The report emphasizes that protecting Hindu rights represents a universal fight against persistent colonial legacies, with implications for global justice, peace, and cultural continuity across all indigenous populations. The full documentation can be accessed at https://kailaasa.org/briefings-statements/united-nations-reports/un-publishes-kailasas-28th-report-recognizing-hindu-indigeneity-and-uan/.
The United Nations and international community are urged to formally recognize Hindus as indigenous peoples under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, investigate systemic persecution patterns, hold violators accountable, and support decolonial movements seeking to restore indigenous self-determination worldwide. This recognition carries significant implications for international law, human rights frameworks, and the ongoing global decolonization movement addressing historical injustices against native populations.
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