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Our Ancestral Lands

'Our Ancestral Lands' is a (3 minutes) short animated film providing an introduction to UNDRIP, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Our Forest Our Life

This community friendly animation video explains the basic concept of climate change and its disproportionate impacts to Indigenous Peoples (IP). It elaborates on the international agreement to mitigate the impacts of climate change, particularly Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and the key concerns of indigenous peoples. The video also highlights the collective rights of indigenous peoples enshrined in United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Another highlight of the video is on the roles and contributions of indigenous women in the natural resource management.

length of video: 17 minutes

In Burmese, In Thai, In Laos

Call for sign-ons: Letter on the Burning of Houses of Indigenous Peoples in Saikhumpai village, Mizoram, India

Dear friends, 

We wish to seek your support to a letter of concern we will be sending to the Government of India on the recent burning of the houses of indigenous peoples in Saikhumphai village in Mizoram, India and the non-action from the State Government to protect the indigenous peoples and rehabilitate the victims.  

For those who wish to sign on to this letter, please send your name, organization and location to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 28 May 2013. 

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(New Animation Video) Rights in Action: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Indigenous Peoples

This community-friendly animation video explains the concepts and mechanisms of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) through a story of interaction between indigenous peoples and people requesting their consent for new development.

Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a core principle of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to guide collective decision-making.

FPIC is a continual process that involves mutual respect and meaningful participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making on matters affecting them.

The video also includes a story about customary law in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Length of Video: 8 minutes

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Indigenous Women's Rights enshrined in UNDRIP and CEDAW (Poster)

Equality among all peoples and between women and men

Indigenous peoples are free and equal to all other peoples. Indigenous women are free and equal to all men and women. they have the right to be free from violence and any kind of discrimination in exercising their rights, in particular those based on their indigneous origin or identity. State must ensure that all women can enjoy the same human rights and fundamental freedoms as men in political, social, economic and cultural fields by passing laws to end discriminatory practices against women and ensuring those laws are enforced. (UNDRIP Articles 2, 22 & CEDAW Articles 1,2,3,15)

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(New Comic Book) Rights in Action: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Indigenous Peoples

Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a mechanism and a process wherein indigenous peoples undertake their collective decision on matters that affects them, as an exercise of their right to their land, territories and resources, their right to self-determination and to cultural integrity.

FPIC is an iterative process that should be undertaken in good faith to ensure mutual respect and meaningful participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making on matters affecting them. It requires the conduct of a series of consultations, dialogues, exchanges, and interactions between indigenous peoples and those requiring their consent and agreeement for the entire cycle of a project from planning, implementation and monitoring. Thus FPIC should ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in all project-related process that affect them.

Please click here to download the comic book

 

Indonesia:Constitutional Court Agrees on Judicial Review of UUK

Jakarta, 16 May 2013 – Constitutional Court has accepted the Judicial Review of some parts of Act No. 41/1999 on Forestry (Undang-Undang Kehutanan or UUK) submitted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), Thursday (16/5).

Although the Court didn’t agree on all requested reviews, AMAN warmly welcomes the decision announced in Plenary Hall of Constitutional Court. This ruling means that the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago are legal subjects and customary forests are not State forests. Hence Indigenous Peoples will get back their rights over their customary forests seized by the State through UUK.

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(New Animation Video) Rights in Action: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Indigenous Peoples (New Animation Video) Rights in Action: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Indigenous Peoples 22.05.13 - This community-friendly animation video explains the concepts and mechanisms of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) through a story of interaction between indigenous peoples and people requesting their consent for new development. Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a core principle of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to guide collective decision-making. FPIC is a continual process that involves mutual respect and meaningful participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making on matters affecting them. The video also includes a story about customary law in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Length of Video: 8 minutes Click Here to watch the video
Indigenous culture, youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session Indigenous culture, youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session 21.05.13 - 20 May 2013 – Around 2,300 indigenous participants are expected to discuss culture, education and health during the 12th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which will include a special focus on youth, indigenous groups in Africa and the importance of strengthening ties with international financial institutions. “We must have a better understanding of the views and values of indigenous peoples by engaging them in decision-making and providing a platform for issues affecting their lives and livelihoods,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged in a message at the opening of the 12th forum delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
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