It also served to review the performance of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and help it to “free itself from historic inefficiency and corruption” and to improve the efficiency of awarding Ancestral Domain (AD) titles. “We have been facing a lot of human rights violations, forceful evictions from our forest homes…and as a result we do not have a place where we can sit and say ‘This is our home’,” says Milka Chepkorir Kuto, herself a Sengwer, and a participant in the 2016 UN Human Rights Office Indigenous Fellowship Programme. The locations of coca production are also correlated with parks and remote jungles in which Indigenous Peoples live,[37] however, and Indigenous Peoples have suffered from the lawlessness and abuses associated with military incursions and drug-eradication programs. Calls on all states to provide for adequate regulations that would hold community leaders accountable for their decisions and actions in the field of land governance involving public, state and community lands and to encourage changes in legal and customary practices that discriminate against women in relation to land ownership and inheritance; 11. The report also identifies a number of other countries where policies on protected areas have adversely affected the rights of indigenous peoples. whereas most land in developing countries is inhabited, thus exposing the investments and reputation of companies to tenure risks and significantly increasing their operating costs when land transfers occur in a context of conflict, without the prior consent of indigenous and local communities and in contempt of their rights; AI. This decision recognizes two types of forests with respect to rights: “forest subject to rights” and “state forest.” Customary forest is one of the categories of "forest subject to rights"; therefore, positioning customary forests as part of state forests is contrary to the constitution. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to prioritise investment in support of civil society, human rights defenders and, in particular, indigenous environmental human rights defenders, to ensure the existence of long-term protection mechanisms to support them, in particular protectdefenders.eu, and to guarantee that they meet existing funding commitments to human rights defenders at risk; encourages its delegations and committees to meet regularly with indigenous communities and human rights defenders when visiting the relevant countries; recommends that a standing rapporteur on indigenous people be appointed by the relevant committee/subcommittee with the objective of monitoring the human rights situation, and in particular the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention No 169; 86. [35] At the policy level, Colombia was a world leader in developing an innovative relationship between parks and people, despite the country’s civil war. The Karen, who had lived in these forests for centuries and were recognized by the King of Thailand for protecting the Thai/Burma border, were not consulted. Recognises that steps forward have been made in the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and that civil society is increasingly aware of their situation; recognises the EU’s contribution in this regard; warns, however, that the presence of this issue in EU policies is still minimal, including in the negotiation of trade and cooperation agreements; 6. The Peruvian government created reserves for “uncontacted peoples” in 2016 under Law No. –  having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2017 on EU action for sustainability(20). Calls on all states to ensure the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples pertaining to all projects that may affect them, and to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples, including land-related rights, are respected and protected throughout the process; calls on all states to ensure that this consent is required for all interlocutors, including companies which pursue activities in third countries; 8. The San, Nama, and others continue to suffer from the infringement of their rights in Botswana. [79] The proposed corridor would cover 90,000 km2 of high-biodiversity rainforest, and its creation is supported by indigenous organizations and local authorities on both sides of the border. Calls on all states to ensure access to high-quality health services and rights, particularly sexual and reproductive health services and rights, for indigenous women and girls; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to promote their access to sexual and reproductive health services in EU development cooperation programmes; 14. In violation of indigenous peoples’ rights under Charter Articles 14, 20, 21, 22 and 24, discrimination against indigenous peoples in DRC is particularly marked concerning their land and resource rights. The Ogiek lost part of their land to the Mount Elgon National Park in 1968. A promising alternative has emerged in an area where another national PA had been proposed: residents, including Batwa/Bambuti, made a counterproposal to establish a community-based reserve—the Itombwe Nature Reserve. Many Indigenous Peoples have been mapping and managing their territories for decades as a basis for negotiations. Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).

–  having regard to the Declaration of 9 August 2017 by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples(15). Progress is slow, however. Exhorts the EU to deepen, expand and strengthen the objectives, priorities and actions concerning indigenous peoples contained in the Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Democracy and Human Rights, and asks for the mandate of the Special Representative for Human Rights to be modulated, empowering the Special Representative to give greater visibility to issues of indigenous peoples rights and their advocates; 79. Supports indigenous peoples’ requests for international repatriation and the establishment of an international mechanism to fight the sale of indigenous artefacts taken from them illegally; calls on the Commission to support such efforts, including through financial assistance under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR); 26. Calls for the EU to establish a mechanism to carry out independent impact assessment studies prior to the conclusion of trade and cooperation agreements and the implementation of development projects in order to measure and prevent their deleterious effects on the rights of indigenous and local communities; insists that the impact assessment be conducted with the significant participation of civil society and that the findings duly be taken into account in economic agreements and development projects; calls for the EU to reassess the execution of projects in the event of human rights violations; 73. They have rejected co-management and demand that they are designated as the park’s environmental authority.[39].

This national park partially overlaps the Isconahua Territorial Reserve, an existing reserve for uncontacted peoples; uncontacted people also live in and use other areas of the Sierra del Divisor National Park, where they are not protected. [45] Moreover, Gabon has no national laws pertaining to Indigenous Peoples.

Calls on the international community to recognise and consolidate the forms of governance and representation specific to indigenous peoples with a view to establishing a constructive dialogue with local, national and regional authorities and the private sector; 18. [31] Chile unilaterally annexed Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) in the 1800s, forcing the Rapa Nui people to relocate to a single restricted zone. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service and the EU delegations. –  having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Baiga were evicted from the Kanha National Park and the Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary in the 1960s. [13] A key example of continuing resistance and conflict is that of the TIPNIS (Territorio Indígena y Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécure) indigenous territory and national park. For example, the 6,000 Pygmies evicted in the creation of the Kahuzi-Biéga National Park in the 1980s were forced to survive as laborers after losing access to their lands and resources. With the Te Urewara Act (2014), the Crown ceded its ownership and the national park was decommissioned. The report also identifies a number of other countries where policies on protected areas have adversely affected the rights of indigenous peoples. Calls for the EU to increase support to indigenous peoples in its development cooperation programmes and to strengthen projects to empower them, notably in terms of capacity building, under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the need for continued resources for indigenous peoples to enable them to effectively engage through their representatives with EU and UN policies and institutions, including in relation to business and human rights; urges the EU delegations in relevant countries to monitor closely the situation of indigenous human rights defenders and to provide all appropriate support; 76. [83] Evictions and restrictions have grown with the engagement of foreign businesses involved in safaris and hunting—concessions that are lucrative sources of corrupt influence. Tauli-Corpuz highlights legal developments, commitments and measures taken by conservation organizations and States to advance a human-rights based approach to conservation.

Invites all states, including the EU and its Member States, to contribute to the implementation and realisation of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages; 22. by enabling collective registration of land use and by putting in place policies aimed at ensuring more equitable access to land; calls for the EU and its Member States to actively support partner countries in this and in applying the principle of free, prior and informed consent to large-scale land acquisitions, as set out in the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests and in compliance with international human rights law; calls for the EU, furthermore, to support partner countries in improving their land ownership legislation by recognising the universal right of women to have access to land as full owners; 32. Stresses that foreign investment by companies can bring economic and technological progress, result in employment and infrastructure development and give women the opportunity to become self-sufficient by boosting employment; underlines that increasing investment activity in developing countries is an important step towards boosting national and regional economies.