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Publications and Reports - Suriname


This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents,
listed below in date order, can be downloaded free, purchased online, or printed copies can be ordered from: julia@forestpeoples.org.

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Publication
Format
Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname
Judgment of Inter-American Court of Human Rights

(Link to list of relevant documentation in the Twelve Saramaka Clans case)
November 2007
html
Case of Moiwana Village v. Suriname
Inter-American Court of Human rights issues its observations and orders

as part of monitoring Suriname's compliance with its 2005 judgment in the Case of Moiwana Village v. Suriname
(Link to list of all relevant documentation)
November 2007
html
Admissibility report in Case 12.639, Kalina and Lokono Indigenous Peoples (Suriname)
Petiton submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the Republic of Suriname
October 2007
pdf (0.2Mb)
Making FPIC - Free, Prior and Informed Consent - Work:
Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous People

FPP review of indigenous peoples' experiences with applying the principle of FPIC in Suriname, Guyana, Peru, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
Marcus Colchester and Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
June 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Poniendo en práctica el CLPI -Consentimiento libre, previo e informado-
Desafíos y perspectivas para los Pueblos Indígenas

El informe resume algunas experiencias de pueblos indígenas con referencia a la aplicación del principio de consentimiento libre, previo e informado en Suriname, Guyana, Malasia peninsular, Perú, Indonesia, Papua Nueva Guinea y Filipinas
Marcus Colchester y Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Junio de 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Pour une bonne application du libre consentement préalable et éclairé :
Défis et perspectives pour les peuples autochtones

Ce rapport présente un résumé de certaines expériences des peuples autochtones dans l'application du principe de libre consentement préalable et éclairé au Suriname, au Guyana, en Malaisie péninsulaire, au Pérou, en Indonésie, en Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée et aux Philippines
Marcus Colchester et Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Juin 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Menjadikan FPIC - Prinsip Persetujuan Tanpa Paksaan atas dasar Informasi Awal - Berjalan:
Tantangan dan Peluang bagi Masyarakat Adat

Laporan tentang 'pekerjaan yang tengah berlangsung' ini menyarikan sejumlah pengalaman masyarakat adat dalam penerapan prinsip FPIC di Suriname, Guyana, Peninsular Malaysia, Peru, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea dan Filipina
Marcus Colchester dan Maurizio Farhan Ferrari
Juni 2007
pdf (0.5Mb)
Case of the Saramaka Community v. Suriname
Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of March 30, 2007
(Link to list of relevant documentation in the Twelve Saramaka Clans case)
March 2007
html
Free, Prior and Informed Consent:
Two Cases from Suriname

This report describes how the concept of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has been experienced in Suriname with regard to: 1) logging and bio-prospecting in the territory of the Saramaka people; and 2) mining and related issues in the territory of the Lokono indigenous people of west Suriname.
Forest Peoples Programme and Association of Saramaka Authorities
March 2007
pdf (0.7Mb)
Vrijelijk tot stand gekomen, voorafgaande en weloverwogen instemming (FPIC): twee case studies uit Suriname
Dit rapport beschrijft hoe de Saramaka- en Lokono-gemeenschappen in Suriname het concept "Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)" in de praktijk brengen.Twee typische situaties in Suriname worden beschreven: 1) houtkap en bio-prospecting op het grondgebied van de Saramaka-gemeenschap; en 2) mijnbouw en daarmee verweven activiteiten op het grondgebied van de Lokono-gemeenschap in West Suriname.
Forest Peoples Programme en de Vereniging van Saramakaanse Gezagsdragers
Maart 2007
pdf (0.7Mb)
Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado:
Dos Casos en Surinam

Este informe describe las experiencias del pueblo Saramaka y del pueblo Lokono en Surinam con el concepto del consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Se trata con dos situaciones distintas: 1) la extracción de madera y la bioprospección en el territorio del pueblo Saramaka; y 2) la minería y los asuntos relacionados en el territorio del pueblo indígena Lokono, al oeste de Surinam.
Forest Peoples Programme y Association of Saramaka Authorities
Marzo de 2007
pdf (0.7Mb)
A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and social issues
in large and medium-sized GEF biodiversity projects (2005-2006)

FPP analysis of 23 GEF projects into its treatment of indigenous peoples' rights and social issues in the design of its large conservation projects - in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guyana, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
Compiled by Liam Taylor and Tom Griffiths
February 2007
pdf
 
Submission to John Ruggie, UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Human Rights and Transnational and Other Business Enterprises
focusing on indigenous peoples' rights and extractive industries
by Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba Foundation
29 December 2006
pdf
Urgent Action decision adopted by the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) in relation to the report below
August 2006
pdf
Submission to the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) on the situation of indigenous and tribal peoples in Suriname
June 2006
pdf
Forest Peoples, Customary Use and State Forests:
the case for reform

Marcus Colchester
Draft paper presented to the 11th Biennial Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Bali, Indonesia, 19-23 June 2006
pdf
Twelve Saramaka Clans (Lös)
Decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Case 12.338
Twelve Saramaka Clans (Suriname), March 2006.
The case was transmitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 23 June 2006
(Link to list of relevant documentation)
html
Human rights court instructs Suriname to compensate victims of massacre
In August 2005 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the government of Suriname to compensate the survivors of a 1986 massacre of the N'djuka Maroon community of Moiwana by government forces during the country's guerrilla war
Link to press article, reports and judgments
August 2005
html
Joint NGO submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to request follow-up and urgent action concerning the situation of indigenous and tribal peoples in Suriname
July 2005
pdf
The decision issued by CERD in response to the above submission
August 2005
pdf
Case of Moiwana Village v. Suriname
Full text of the judgment by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(Link to all relevant documentation, including the judgment)
15 June 2005
html
UN Racial Discrimination Committee recommends Suriname's urgent action to recognize and respect the land and resource rights of indigenous peoples and Maroons
Press release
March 2004
United Nations finds serious human rights violations of indigenous and tribal communities in Suriname
Press release
March 2003
html
 
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) requests that Suriname suspend logging and mining concessions in Saramaka Maroon territory
Press release
August 2002
Failure of the Republic of Suriname to Recognize, Guarantee and Respect the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples to Lands, Territories and Resources, to Cultural Integrity and to be Free from Racial Discrimination
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
June 2002
pdf
The Republic of Suriname and its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Articles 1, 26 and 27:
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Maroons in Suriname

FPP submission to the Human Rights Committee
January 2002
html
Bulletin on Logging and Tribal Rights in Suriname
December 2001
Undermining the Forests
The need to control transnational mining companies: a Canadian case study

FPP, PIP Links and WRM
2000
look & buy
Socavando los bosques
La necesidad de controlar a las empresas mineras transnacionales: un estudio de caso canadiense

FPP, PIP Links y WRM
2000
descubre y compra
Miner les forêts
La nécessité de contrôler les sociétés minières transnationales : une étude de cas sur le Canada

FPP, PIP Links et WRM
2000
découvrez et achetez
Forest Politics in Suriname
Marcus Colchester
1995
look & buy

 

 

 

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