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Statement by Peter Duyapat of DESAMA

Rafael — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:34:10 +0100

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Presentation under Agenda Item 4

Thank you Madam Chair for this opportunity to share with the participants of this session our experience in the Philippines and to give our recommendations for the consideration of the UN Human Rights Council through the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

I am Peter Duyapat, belonging to the Ifugao indigenous community living in Didipio, Municipality Kasibu, province of Nueva Vizcaya.

Statement by IPRM to UN on situation of Philippines Indigenous Peoples

Rafael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:12:20 +0100

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Presentation under Agenda Item 4

It is an honor to speak before this august body.

I represent the Indigenous Peoples Rights Monitor, a network of indigenous peoples organizations and support groups, with the mandate of monitoring, documenting and reporting violations of human rights committed by the State and its agents against indigenous peoples and communities.

Philippine CERD activity 2009

Rafael — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:34:14 +0100

Blogsite for latest updates and news on the current meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva, Switzerland where PIPLinks and a consortium of Philippine Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Organisations are currently participating.

Statement by Lambo of Subanon Tribe on Indigenous Justice Systems

Rafael — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:44:25 +0100

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Presentation under Agenda Item 4B
-UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Thank you Madam Chair for giving me this rare opportunity to shortly speak about our indigenous justice system.

To start with, Madam Chair, I am Timuoy Noval Lambo, a member of the Subanon Tribe of the Zamboanga del Norte province, Mindanao, Philippines. I am representing the Gukom Sog Pito Kodolungan, a group of Subanon families living in a separate adjoining communities and belonging to one common ancestor.

Statement by LRC to UN on state of Philippine Indigenous Peoples

Rafael — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:50:27 +0100

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Presentation under Agenda Item 4B
-UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Filipinos appointed in only 21 LGUs

Rafael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:08:26 +0100

Written by Jesus F. Llanto

With a population of 14 million, they should win in local elections, expert says

They number 12 million to 14 million nationwide. They have a presence in 110 communities.

Military rejects calls for pullout from Lianga, Surigao del Sur

Rafael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:11:28 +0100

TANDAG, Surigao del Sur (MindaNewas/06 August) — Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur especially the children may not be able to return home soon as the local Army command has refused to heed calls for the military to pull out its forces from the mountainous areas of Lianga town which are suspected to be havens of the New People’s Army (NPA).

An estimated 1,700 members of the Mandaya and Manobo tribes have been displaced since July 18 when the 58th Infantry Battalion launched an operation in Lianga’s Andap Valley.

The operation drove the Lumads to the official residence of Bishop Nereo

Bishop's Letter to Malacanang re: IP's, CADTs, Mining

Rafael — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:14:13 +0100

HON. FATIMA VALDEZ
Secretary for External Affairs
Office of the President
Malacañang Palace, Manila

Dear Secretary Valdez,

This is to bring to your attention for appropriate and urgent action the unresolved problems of the Mangyan indigenous peoples in Mindoro. Our pastoral responsibility dictates that the Church gives special attention to the neglected sectors of society.

Indigenous Women and Mining: The Philippines Report

Rafael — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:44:41 +0100

Indigenous Women and Mining
The Philippines Report pp. 104-123

From Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development publication –

Mining and Women in Asia : Experiences of women protecting their communities and human rights against corporate mining*

by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), 2009, pp. 1-154

Full text here (3.51Mb) here

PIPLinks letter to President Arroyo re CERD

Rafael — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:52:34 +0100

President Arroyo
c/o the Philippines Embassy
8 Suffolk Street
London, SW1 4HG

18 September 2009

Your Excellency,

I am taking the opportunity of your visiting the United Kingdom, to write on behalf of Indigenous Peoples Links, a UK-based support organisation working to uphold and promote the collective and individual human rights of Indigenous Peoples. We would like to raise issues around the concluding observations of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which were made public on 31st August 2009.