In a triumphant decision for Indigenous Peoples movements worldwide, the Court of Appeals in Belize upheld an initial ruling that grants the indigenous Maya people of Toledo the legal holding and farming rights to their ancestral lands. Since 2010, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) has worked with 38 Mayan communities in southern Belize to overturn a court decision denying their communities the legal right to the lands they occupy (a decision that overturned an initial ruling that the Mayans did possess legal rights to their land).? The latest ruling on July 25, 2013 overturned this 2010 decision.?Although the government of Belize insists it is not responsible for ensuring these rights, a barrier the Mayans anticipate may prove difficult to overcome in realizing their rights, the court ruling is sure to advance the efforts to secure legal land and resource rights for Indigenous Peoples across the globe.