Publications and Reports - Dams |
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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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