# WAYUU - Sol Sal Sed

"IACHR launches short-documentary as part of the first year of its IACHR Channel

"Wayuu - sun, salt, thirst" shows the situation of the Wayuu indigenous people, beneficiaries of a Precautionary Measure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. A photo essay accompanies the documentary.

The IACHR Channel today launches the short documentary "Wayuu - sun, salt, thirst" and a photo essay on the subject, made in La Guajira, Colombia. The launch marks the first anniversary of the Channel, created last year to give visibility to the activities of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the Americas.

The Wayuu indigenous people are traditional inhabitants of the La Guajira region of northern Colombia and are beneficiaries of IACHR Precautionary Measure 51-15, which seeks to guarantee their right to water, food, education and health. The Wayuu people have been living for many years with a chronic water deficit in the region, which is, among other causes, responsible for the highest rates of global malnutrition in all regions of the country. The Colombian Ombudsman's Office, in 2015, presented a report showing that 27.9% of children under 5 years of age were chronically malnourished. The report also stated that La Guajira had the highest maternal mortality rate in Colombia, in addition to high infant mortality due to hunger."

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 2020
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
- Genres: Documentary
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WAYUU_-_Sol_Sal_Sed.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/150497969?play=1)