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LRC-KsK/FOE-Philippines

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Colonial Period• Assimilation of IPs

• Indigenous peoples who were not

assimilated were called “non-Christiantribes”, “savage tribes”

• “Less enlightened minorities of ourpopulation”

Cariňo vs. Insular Government (212US 449 [1909])• Recognition of native title

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1956 – 1987 : Integration into themainstream of Philippine society

1987 Constitution: “Recognition” of 

indigenous peoples rights, however,such recognition is subject tonational development policies

and programs.

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1935, 1973, 1987PhilippineConstitution

Legal fiction which

states that alltitles were validonly when it couldbe shown that itoriginated from a

grant or sale fromthe Crown, or itsconceptual heir,the State

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“…when, as far back astestimony or memorygoes, the land has beenheld by individuals

under a claim of privateownership, it will bepresumed to have beenheld in the same wayfrom before the Spanish

conquest, and never tohave been publicland…”

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- 12 million of the90 million population

- 61% are in Mindanao,33% are in Luzon, and6% scattered in the

 Visayas

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 T E N U R I

A L  O P T

 I O N S

S L O W  RE C O G N I T I O N  O F  I P  RI G H T S 

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RIGHTS UNDER

IPRA

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VERSUS

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NCIP has stated that immigrant IPs are not afforded thesame right to FPIC.

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Indigenous leaders and support groups went to the CERDto seek redress on the discrimination that IPs suffer from

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Communit

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Community empowermentLegal servicingParalegal formationQuick reaction teams

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Policy engagements with legislative,executive and judiciary

National and internationalNetworkingCampaigningmobilizations

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Filing of policy-determining cases

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?IP

Movement

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