Indigenous Peoples

Negotiating Cultural Rights and the Rights to Culture: Case Studies and Lessons from Thailand (2013)

Kay Pitman The 1990s saw a growing demand in Thailand for communities to be included in decisions about the management of cultural and natural resources, culminating in the 1997 Constitution in which some of these rights were formalized. Recognizing that…
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Ancestral Land Titling in Limbo (2012)

Sylvia Miclat Pulangiyen tribal leaders discussing CADC application Last 25 January 2012, Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 1 was signed, effectively relegating the ancestral domain titling process to a joint national committee composed of four government agencies responsible for issuing…
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Excerpts from the Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997 (RA 8371)

Section 2: “The State shall recognize and promote all the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs)… to their ancestral domains to ensure their economic, social and cultural well being… to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions and institutions.  It…
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