17 May, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 17 MAY 2013
As part of its project: "REDD financing, Human Rights and Economic Development for Sustainable Poverty Reduction of forest communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)", Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), and its local partners in the DRC: Actions pour les Droits, l'Environnement et la Vie (ADEV), Réseau pour la Conservation et la Réhabilitation des Ecosystèmes Forestiers (Réseau CREF), Cercle pour la Défense de l'Environnement (CEDEN), et Centre d'Accompagnement des Autochtones Pygmées et Minoritaires Vulnérables (CAMV), have published, in collaboration with the Organisation d’Accompagnement et d’Appui aux Pygmées (OSAPY), the first volume of a new book series titled Forêts Africaines - Tabernacle des Savoirs (FOATAS) (African Forests – Fountain of Knowledge). The principal theme of this first volume is: Indigenous Peoples and Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
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CAMV, ADEV, Réseau Cref, CEDEN, FPP
2 May, 2013
Cette trousse d’information traite de la protection du droit à la terre, territoires et ressources naturelles en droit international et en droit régional africain. Elle vise à fournir aux ONG de l’information brève et accessible sur le cadre juridique relatif aux droits des peuples autochtones et des communautés locales en RDC en ce qui a trait à leurs terres, territoires et ressources naturelles. Elle présente également de l’information utile sur les mécanismes internationaux et régionaux qui peuvent être utilisés par les ONG et les peuples autochtones et les communautés locales avec lesquels elles travaillent pour revendiquer leurs droits et faire le plaidoyer afin que le gouvernement de la RDC respecte ses obligations juridiques internationales et régionales.
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29 April, 2013

By Samuel Nnah Ndobe
The notion of indigenous people has sometimes been controversial in Africa. There are some opinions that consider all Africans as indigenous people liberated from colonial powers, while others simply stress that it is very difficult to determine who is indigenous in Africa. The setting up in 2001 by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) of a Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and the Group’s report submitted to and adopted by the ACHPR in 2003 have brought a new perspective to this problem. In this report for the first time there was a unanimous acceptance of the existence of indigenous peoples in Africa and this kicked off discussions on how countries could begin to integrate the rights of these peoples into the human rights mainstream. The indigenous peoples of Central Africa include the mostly hunter gatherer peoples commonly called the “Pygmies” and a number of pastoralist peoples. These peoples still suffer discrimination experienced through the dispossession of their land and destruction of their livelihoods, cultures and identities, extreme poverty, lack of access to and participation in political decision-making and lack of access to education and health facilities.
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11 April, 2013
Le Centre d’Accompagnement des Autochtones Pygmées et Minoritaires Vulnérables (CAMV) a fait part de ses préoccupations quant à la situation des femmes autochtones de la RDC à la Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples lors de sa 53ième Session ordinaire qui s’est tenue du 9 au 23 avril à Banjul, Gambie.
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AIPP
4 April, 2013
This community friendly animation video explains the basic concept of climate change and its disproportionate impacts to Indigenous Peoples (IP). It elaborates on the international agreement to mitigate the impacts of climate change, particularly Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and the key concerns of indigenous peoples. The video also highlights the collective rights of indigenous peoples enshrined in United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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30 March, 2013
En février et mars 2013, de nombreux représentants d’ONG travaillant avec les femmes et peuples autochtones ainsi que des chefs autochtones se sont réunis à Béni, Bukavu, Goma et Kinshasa afin de préparer un rapport alternatif au Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes (Comité CÉDEF).
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Thomas Jalong, President, Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (JOAS)
18 March, 2013
Summary
This submission focuses on the human rights situation of indigenous peoples (orang asal) in Malaysia.
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15 March, 2013
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Para divulgación inmediata - 15 de marzo de 2013
15 marzo 2013, Washington, DC:Líderes indígenas del Pacífico Sur y Zona Norte de Costa Rica han viajado a los Estados Unidos para presentar en una audiencia ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. El sábado 16 de marzo a las 2:30pm (hora de Costa Rica), los líderes Pablo Sivas Sivas del Pueblo Teribe, Sergio Rojas Ortiz del Clan Uniwak del Pueblo Bribri y Eliecer Velas Álvarez del pueblo Malecu presentarán oralmente ante la Comisión y otros observadores internacionales la situación de la ocupación masiva e ilegal de sus territorios. En la misma audiencia, hará una presentación el Gobierno de Costa Rica. Dice el Sr. Rojas, "Estamos felices que la Comisión Interamericana, uno de los órganos más importantes en este hemisferio para la defensa y protección de los derechos humanos, ha tomado un intéres en los territorios y derechos de los pueblos indígenas de Costa Rica."
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SawitWatch, FPP
13 March, 2013
12th – 13th March 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Free, Prior and Informed Consent as an expression of right to self-determination of indigenous peoples
Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the palm oil sector in Southeast Asia
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Various indigenous peoples' organisations
11 March, 2013
FIFTY SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
From 4 to 15 March 2013, United Nations, New York
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Beijing, the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women, the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and declarations adopted by the Commission during the tenth and fifteenth anniversaries of the Fourth World Women,
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