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Costa
Rica
Urgent action communication concerning indigenous peoples' rights
in Costa Rica threatened by the Diquis dam and illegal occupation
of their lands
Submission to CERD (Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination)
July 2010 |
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Sabah,
Malaysia - Petition to halt construction of Kaiduan Dam
Against the wishes of the local communities, the Sabah State Government
is considering the construction of a dam which will flood over 350
sq km of traditional and community land, including 9 villages. The
Environmental Impact Assessment is being challenged for failing to
follow State-prescribed procedures. The Action Committee Against Kaiduan
Dam seeks public support to request the Government to cancel plans
for the dam and to take alternative measures including: improving
the management of its water supply, conducting a public campaign to
save water, and exploring other cheaper and safer options for water
supply.
Please sign the online petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-kaiduan-dam |
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Sabah,
Malaysia
Letter to Government ministers about the proposed Kaiduan Dam
FPP letter expresses concerns in support of the potentially affected
communities about the feasibility study, and requests the Government's
commitment to conduct full, participatory consultations with the communities
and the public before reaching a decision.
Letter sent to the Chief Minister's Office, the Minister of Infrastructure
Development and the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment.
8 March 2010 See reply, below. |
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Reply
from the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, regarding the
Kaiduan Dam
The Minister's letter states that no official evaluation has yet taken
place, and that proper procedures will be observed before the State
Government makes any decision.
10 March 2010 |
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Sarawak
Press release
Sarawak state government not listening to its indigenous peoples
Indigenous representatives arrested over opposition to construction
of dams on their lands, commissioned without their consent by the
state government.
Issued by JOAS (Indigenous Peoples Network of Asia)
17 September 2009 |
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Peru
Declaration concerning the threat of the Pakitzapango Dam
by the Ashaninka communities of the Ene Valley
Drafted on the occasion of the XIII Ordinary Congress of their representative
organisation, Central Ashaninka del Rio Ene (CARE), in the community
of Pichiquia
24-26 April 2009 |
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Pronunciamiento
de las Comunidades Ashaninka de la cuenca del Rio Ene
frente a la amenaza de la represa hidroelectrica de Pakitzapango
Reunidos en su XIII Congreso Ordinario en la Comunidad Nativa de Pichiquia,
anexo de Meteni (distrito de Río Tambo)
24-26 de abril del 2009
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Ethiopia
Latest EIA of planned major hydroelectric project in the Lower Omo
Basin still ignores its destructive effect on 200,000 indigenous people
An academic analysis of the 2008 'Additional Study on Downstream Impact'
of the planned Gibe III hydroelectric project finds that this latest
Environmental Impact Assessment 'rests on a series of faulty premises'
with potentially devastating effects in the region where Sudan, Ethiopia
and Kenya intersect.
Africa Resources Working Group (ARWG) - ARWG-GIBE.org
January 2009 |
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Letter
sent by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
in response to the follow-up report submitted in June 2008 (below)
and raising concerns about imminent construction of dams on indigenous
territories, including the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur, the Lower Subasiri
dam in Arunchal Pradesh.
August 2008 |
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Follow-up
report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
regarding grave and persistent violations of indigenous peoples' rights
in North East India
Submitted to the 73rd Session of the Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination,
to take place 28 July - 15 August 2008
June 2008 (Also
see
original submission to CERD, below,
CERD's Concluding
Observations of March 2007, and Follow-up
report, January 2008) |
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Ethiopia
Major hydroelectric project in the Omo Basin will damage the lives
of 200,000 indigenous people
An academic study of the 'fundamentally flawed' 2006 Environmental
Impact Assessment of the planned Gibe III hydroelectric project in
Ethiopia's Lower Omo River Basin suggests that Ethiopian institutions
have made 'no effort to prevent or address the looming crisis' that
the dam poses to the basin's 200,000 indigenous people
Africa Resources Working Group
May 2008
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Follow-up
report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
on the situation in North East India, requesting that CERD consider
the situation under its early warning and urgent action procedure
10 January 2008 (Also see
original submission to CERD, below,
CERD's Concluding
Observations of March 2007, and further
Follow-up report, June 2008)
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Concluding
observations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (CERD)
in response to report submitted in October 2006 highlighting racial
discrimination against indigenous people in North East India
March 2007 (See
original report to CERD below, follow-up
report, January 2008
and additional Follow-up
report, June 2008)
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Report
submitted to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD) by FPP and indigenous peoples' organizations from North East
India
Report highlights racial discrimination against indigenous peoples
in the region and requests that CERD take a decision under its Early
Warning and Urgent Action procedure
October 2006 (Also
see CERD's
Concluding Observations of March 2007,
Follow-up
report, January 2008 and additional Follow-up
report, June 2008)
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India
- Tipaimukh Mega Dam project rejected
by United Naga Council (UNC)
October 2006 |
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Indigenous
peoples and the World Bank:
experiences with participation
Tom Griffiths
July 2005 |
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Los
Pueblos Indígenas y el Banco Mundial:
experiencias de participación
Tom Griffiths
Julio de 2005 |
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Rivers for Life! The Rasi Salai Declaration
Endorsed at the Second International Meeting of Dam Affected People
and their Allies,
Rasi Salai, Thailand,
28 November - 4 December 2003
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A
Guide to Indigenous Peoples Rights in the Inter-American Human
Rights System
Fergus MacKay
2001
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Una
Guía para los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en el
Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
Fergus MacKay
2001 |
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Dams,
Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities
Thematic Review 1.2 prepared as an input to the World Commission on
Dams, Cape Town
Marcus Colchester
November 2000 |
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