Philippines: Upholding The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights To Self-Determination

Philippines: Upholding The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights To Self-Determination   The issue focuses on the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) who continue to struggle over the rights already recognized by law. It is rather tragic that the law that was ten years in the making and enacted on the 29th of October 1997 remains mainly in letters and spirit. It is equally sad to note that the main instrument created by law, the National Commission on the Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), to protect and enhance these...

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