Indigenous Peoples To Assert Identity In Association Of Southeast Asian Nations

Indigenous Peoples To Assert Identity In Association Of Southeast Asian Nations   The Indigenous Peoples' Task Force for the ASEAN met on 7-8 July in Bangkok to strategize on how to step up and systematize their engagement of ASEAN. The key effort in the region is to obtain recognition of indigenous peoples as a distinct group with distinct rights within ASEAN.   Indigenous peoples across the region face common issues of non-recognition as distinct peoples with collective rights, encroachment...

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