Request for Further Consideration of the Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia, under the UN CERD's Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedures. 25 July 2013
The subject of this request is the extreme harm caused to indigenous Papuans by the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project (the MIFEE project), a State-initiated, agro-industrial mega-project implemented by a variety of corporate entities that, to-date, encompasses around 2.5 million hectares of traditional indigenous lands in Merauke. The affected indigenous peoples have already lost a considerable area of their lands due to acquisition by these companies and conversion to plantations of one kind or another. The irreparable harm they have already experienced continues to expand and intensify as more companies commence operations.
Read the full request in English or in Bahasa Indonesia.
Previous related requests:
- Request for Consideration of the Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia, under the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedures. 31 July 2011
- Request for Further Consideration of the Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia, and Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia in General, under UN CERD’s Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedures. 6 February 2012
Overview
- Resource Type:
- Reports
- Publication date:
- 29 August 2013
- Region:
- Indonesia
- Programmes:
- Supply Chains and Trade Access to Justice Legal Empowerment
- Partners:
- Sawit Watch Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat HuMa (Association for Community and Ecology-Based Law Reform) Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN): Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago Jasoil
- Translations:
- Indonesian: Permohonan untuk Mempertimbangkan Lebih Lanjut mengenai Situasi Masyarakat Adat Merauke, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia, dalam Prosedur Aksi Mendesak dan Peringatan Dini dari Komisi Pemberantasan Diskriminasi Rasial. 25 Juli 2013