Category Archives: Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia by Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (JOAS) – 2013

Submitting organizations Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (or Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia, JOAS) is the umbrella network for 62 organisations[1] throughout Malaysia that represents different indigenous peoples’ organisations and communities. As the focal point for indigenous rights and advocacy in Malaysia, … Continue reading

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Cambodia: Indigenous communities receive land titles

Phnong minority villagers in Mondulkiri province, who have long feared they could be divided and swept off their land by powerful elites, breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when their communities became just the fourth and fifth in Cambodia to … Continue reading

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Sabah NGOs seek UN probe into intrusion impact

Twenty-four Sabah NGOs have teamed up under a coalition and are demanding the United Nations (UN) establishes a fact-finding mission on the impact of the on-going intrusion in the state on the lives of the local people. The coordinator of the … Continue reading

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World’s Indigenous Leaders Firm Up Partnership with IFAD

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines, 6 March (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Indigenous peoples’ leaders and representatives from various parts worldwide have sought to strengthen and improve their partnership with a UN financial institution, which specializes in supporting agricultural programs that seek … Continue reading

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Land rights activists angered as India’s forest act undermined

The government’s decision to allow major infrastructure projects to go ahead without obtaining consent for forest clearance paves the way for the violation of village land rights, say rights groups. Land and tribal rights in India have been dealt a new blow … Continue reading

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Philippines: On The Human Rights ‘Superbody’ – Indigenous Peoples Say They Will Find No Justice From Perpetrators

Indigenous peoples’ organization Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP), described the ‘superbody’ created by the Aquino government to address the cases of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations as “a feeble cover up to the growing list … Continue reading

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