Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

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.

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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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We wish to draw your attention and seek your support in this urgent alert/letter of concern on the eviction of an indigenous community in Bangladesh. Please see below the letter of concern. Should you wish to give your support 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 May 22, 2013.

The Indigenous Voices in Asia (IVA) project is gaining momentum following an inception workshop from 8 to 10 May in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The project is driven by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) with partners from Nepal, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia and Laos.

The project aims to enhance the capacity and reach of indigenous media, as well as improve the representation of indigenous peoples in mainstream media. It addresses Article 16 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).