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A coalition of twelve concerned Indonesian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Forest Peoples Programme has sounded the alarm on the implementation of the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) new Remedy Framework to redress the social harms associated with the giant pulp and paper companies, APRIL and APP.

24 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and Forest Peoples Programme, presented a joint submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) to consider in advance of its 75th session at which it will consider Indonesia's second periodic report.

A coalition of 22 Civil Society Organisations have written to Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommending a number of changes to the Bank’s Indigenous Peoples policy (ESS7) in the new draft Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

AMAN has submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) requesting its consideration of the situation of Indigenous Peoples across Indonesia in anticipation of the Treaty Body’s upcoming Pre-Sessional Working Group in March 2022.

Jakarta, 27 May 2021 (Read on AMAN's site - Bahasa Indonesia) The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) has requested that the Government of Indonesia provide evidence it has adopted safeguards to guarantee the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, in the context of the increasing presence of palm oil plantations in indigenous people’s lands and territories.

Jakarta, 27 Mei 2021 Komite PBB tentang Penghapusan Diskriminasi Rasial (Komite CERD PBB) meminta Pemerintah Indonesia untuk menyediakan bukti bahwa pemerintah telah menetapkan upaya perlindungan untuk menjamin perlindungan hak-hak masyarakat adat, “dalam kaitannya dengan meningkatnya perluasan kelapa sawit di tanah dan wilayah masyarakat adat.”

Summary This paper highlights the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and disenfranchised indigenous peoples and forest communities in Indonesia.

Ringkasan Makalah ini menyoroti bagaimana pandemi COVID-19 telah mempengaruhi dan mencerabut hak masyarakat adat dan komunitas hutan di Indonesia.

Summary Countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by weakening or removing legal and policy protections for indigenous peoples’ rights.

Resumen Los países han respondido a la pandemia del COVID-19 debilitando o eliminando las protecciones legales y de política de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. La nueva evidencia revela una tendencia peligrosa.

24 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and Forest Peoples Programme, have 

International Labour Organization Article 24 Representation Non-Observance of Convention No.111 by the Republic of Indonesia Submitted by SERIKAT BURUH PERKEBUNAN INDONESIA (SERBUNDO)

Ompu Ronggur, a community of the Toba Batak, a highland people of North Sumatra with an ancient tradition of resin tapping from their agroforests, found in 2004 that all of their traditional territory had been allotted to a pulp and paper company, Toba Pulp Lestari, for establishing Eucalyptus plantations.

14 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and Forest Peoples Programme, have submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination requesting its consideration of the situation indigenous groups in Kalimantan under the Committee’s urgent action and early warning procedures.

Urgent action is needed to halt the takeover of indigenous peoples’ lands for megaprojects in forested provinces like Kalimantan and Papua in Indonesia. The destruction of forests and rivers is undermining local indigenous livelihoods, and destroying ancestral lands. Between 40 and 70 million people in rural Indonesia depend on access to lands and resources, including water for drinking and sanitation, protected by customary laws.

Urge tomar medidas para detener la apropiación de tierras de pueblos indígenas de provincias boscosas como Kalimatan y Papúa en Indonesia para dedicarlas a megaproyectos. La destrucción de bosques y ríos está socavando los medios de vida indígenas locales, y destruyendo tierras ancestrales. Entre 40 y 70 millones de personas que viven en zonas rurales de Indonesia dependen del acceso a tierras y recursos, por ejemplo el agua para beber y para el saneamiento, protegidos por leyes consuetudinarias.

Une action urgente est nécessaire pour mettre fin à la prise de contrôle sur des terres des peuples autochtones pour des projets de grande envergure dans des provinces où les forêts abondent comme le Kalimantan et la Papouasie en Indonésie. La destruction des forêts et des rivières sape les moyens de subsistance des Autochtones locaux, et détruit les terres ancestrales. Entre 40 et 70 millions de personnes des zones rurales d’Indonésie dépendent de l’accès aux terres et aux ressources, y compris pour l’eau potable et l’assainissement. Ces terres et ressources sont protégées par des lois coutumières.

The national indigenous peoples’ alliance in Indonesia, the Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) have submitted a critical update to the UN Human Council’s Universal Periodic Review as the HRC prepares to review the human rights situation in Indonesia. Important threats to the security of indigenous peoples in the country are highlighted, as are recent legal changes in the country.

The Maninjau Resolution28th January 2016Wilmar’s broken promises: we want action not just pledgesThe world’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd. (F34.SI / WLIL.SI), promised ‘Zero Exploitation’ throughout its supply chain alongside its commitment to ‘Zero Deforestation’. As human rights workers and NGOs that support the rights of the indigenous peoples and local communities in Indonesia and internationally, we NGOs who assembled here near Lake Maninjau in West Sumatra on 26-28 January 2016, declare the following.