Govt pressed to approve measure protecting indigenous peoples
08/06/2008 | 11:17 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Indigenous peoples (IPs) and human rights advocates from all over the country will gather Thursday in Makati City to press the government to ratify Convention 69, a global document advocating the protection of the rights of tribal peoples.
Aside from IPs and human rights advocates, diplomats, legislators and Church officials will also grace the forum, which will have Sen. Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, as guest speaker.
The forum is scheduled at 1 p.m. at the Carlos P. Romulo Hall of the RCBC Plaza in Ayala Ave.
The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), through the Episcopal Commission on the Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) bishop-in-charge Bishop Sergio Utleg, is also expected to give the church’s perspective on the issue.
International Labor Organization (ILO) Director for South East Asia and the Pacific Linda Wirth will deliver the welcome remarks.
ILO Convention 169 or the Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, is the only the existing international instrument that ensures the respect of the tribal peoples’ fundamental rights, their collective rights to lands and resources, their cultural integrity and self-governance.
Convention 169 can serve as a model for governments seeking to draft a social policy for indigenous peoples (IPs).
ILO said it can decide cases involving the welfare and rights of IPs on which national laws are either inadequate or silent and may even guide the development of national and local policies in dealing with IPs such as employment and social security.
Convention 169 was crafted in 1989 but the Philippines has yet to ratify it, as its commitment to the country’s Decent Work and Anti-Poverty agenda.
For the purpose of drumming up support for its campaign, CORE 169, an open coalition of indigenous peoples organizations and advocates, key government agencies, in collaboration with the ILO, organized the forum, entitled “Leveraging Change through ILO Convention No. 169.”
The forum coincides with the celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IDWIP).
The Campaign for the Ratification of C169 (CORE 169), is currently convened by the Coalition of Indigenous People’s Rights Advocates (CIPRAD), which is comprised of more than 150 IP organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like the Tanggapang Panligal ng Katutubong Pilipino (PANLIPI), the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples-National Secretariat (ECIP-NS), the Ateneo Human Rights Center and the University of Sto. Tomas Office for Community Development (UST OCD). - GMANews.TV
Aside from IPs and human rights advocates, diplomats, legislators and Church officials will also grace the forum, which will have Sen. Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, as guest speaker.
The forum is scheduled at 1 p.m. at the Carlos P. Romulo Hall of the RCBC Plaza in Ayala Ave.
The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), through the Episcopal Commission on the Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) bishop-in-charge Bishop Sergio Utleg, is also expected to give the church’s perspective on the issue.
International Labor Organization (ILO) Director for South East Asia and the Pacific Linda Wirth will deliver the welcome remarks.
ILO Convention 169 or the Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, is the only the existing international instrument that ensures the respect of the tribal peoples’ fundamental rights, their collective rights to lands and resources, their cultural integrity and self-governance.
Convention 169 can serve as a model for governments seeking to draft a social policy for indigenous peoples (IPs).
ILO said it can decide cases involving the welfare and rights of IPs on which national laws are either inadequate or silent and may even guide the development of national and local policies in dealing with IPs such as employment and social security.
Convention 169 was crafted in 1989 but the Philippines has yet to ratify it, as its commitment to the country’s Decent Work and Anti-Poverty agenda.
For the purpose of drumming up support for its campaign, CORE 169, an open coalition of indigenous peoples organizations and advocates, key government agencies, in collaboration with the ILO, organized the forum, entitled “Leveraging Change through ILO Convention No. 169.”
The forum coincides with the celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IDWIP).
The Campaign for the Ratification of C169 (CORE 169), is currently convened by the Coalition of Indigenous People’s Rights Advocates (CIPRAD), which is comprised of more than 150 IP organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like the Tanggapang Panligal ng Katutubong Pilipino (PANLIPI), the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples-National Secretariat (ECIP-NS), the Ateneo Human Rights Center and the University of Sto. Tomas Office for Community Development (UST OCD). - GMANews.TV
