The VSG files a petition to the Inter American Commission on Human rights (IACHR) to address human and land rights violation by the Government of Suriname.

The VSG have sought the assistance of the Inter-American Commission on Human rights to make the Government of Suriname stop human and land rights violation due to the granting of logging and mining concessions to multinationals within the Saamaka territory without free prior informed consent.

The IACHR requested the State of Suriname to stop logging in the Saamaka territory (i.e. Precautionary Measure) and to legally recognize Saamaka traditional land rights. The State has not complied with this despite repeated requests from the Commission. This led to a binding decision of the Inter-American Court in favor of the Saamaka people.