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LRC-KsK/FOE-Philippines
October 20, 2009
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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
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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
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