CHR stresses need to uphold IPRA and NCIP autonomy
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses concern over House Bill No. 9608, which seeks to amend the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (the IPRA) by reorganizing the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (the NCIP). If enacted into law, the bill would transfer the NCIP’s Ancestral Domains Office to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources […]
Inputs to Questionnaire on National Action Plans to Achieve the Ends of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
CHRP updated OHCHR on the status of the Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples’ Masterplan, Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 and the Human Rights Action Plan. Inputs from the CHRP would serve as examples that will be included in the guidance note on national action plans to achieve the ends of the Declaration on the Rights of […]
Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1996 (Senate Bill No. 1476)
Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1996 (Senate Bill No. 1476) This is a comprehensive bill which addresses the aspirations of these cultural communities for the recognition specifically of their right to special measures for the immediate, effective and continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions, including in the areas of employment, vocation […]