{"id":239762,"date":"2019-12-11T01:51:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T06:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239762"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:52:19","slug":"protection-of-ips-alive-robust-in-ph-ncip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/11\/protection-of-ips-alive-robust-in-ph-ncip\/","title":{"rendered":"Protection of IPs alive, robust in PH: NCIP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Commissioners Atty Norberto M. Navarro (right) and Gaspar Cayat (left), of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, with Ambassador Evan P. Garcia, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, during the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland on Nov 27, 2019 (NCIP photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BRUSSELS<\/strong>, Belgium \u2013 Contrary to the bad picture being painted by communist-linked groups, an official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) said the protection of indigenous peoples in the Philippines is alive and robust.<\/p>\n

This, according to lawyer Norberto M. Navarro, NCIP Commissioner, in a meeting with European Union Parliament member Tom Vandedriessche here on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur agency (NCIP) is the one mandated by domestic law to protect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples. And because of that law, we\u2019ve been able to title 5.<\/p>\n

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7 million hectares in the name of indigenous peoples as communal-owned. And to appreciate that figure, that\u2019s already one-sixth of our country,\u201d Navarro said, referring to Republic Act 8371 of Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) that recognizes and promotes all the rights of indigenous cultural communities\/indigenous peoples of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The NCIP, he said, is set to title another five million hectares which will make it one-third of the country titled to IPs.<\/p>\n

IPs represented<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added that IPs are widely represented in all levels of Philippine local government units through their mandatory membership in local legislative councils, chosen under Ip customary laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an indigenous people in every legislative council starting from the lowest level \u2013 barangay to the city and provincial levels. So there are ample representations in all those levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He lamented that the issue of indigenous peoples has been carried by many non-government organizations (NGOs), some of them go around soliciting funds and other support abroad and painting our country as a one where there\u2019s no operation of law and that dissent is prosecuted, among other things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pointed out these things to say that there is strong protection for indigenous peoples. If I may mention also the more recent ones, we have canceled five concession agreements from forest management because \u2014 it goes with the consultation process with the IPs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that two lead projects of the government, the biggest mining in the world for nickel, has not been approved yet because the indigenous peoples have not given their consent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarly, a dam that would supply 12 to 15 million Filipinos in the city has not been approved because a few hundred households who are indigenous peoples where the dam will be put up have not given their consent,\u201d Navarro said.<\/p>\n

IPs, he said, are vulnerable and easily manipulated as evidenced by the alternative schools put up by communist-linked groups that were later closed down because they were found to be used, not for education, but to teach IP children how to become child warriors.<\/p>\n

He added that identified NGOs source their funds from foreign funding agencies, — 60% of the funds do not go to the schools but siphoned off for communist rebels\u2019 armed uprising.<\/p>\n

Fund validation<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the closure of 52 Salugpungan schools in early October this year, Navarro said the NCIP is verifying reports that some communist-linked groups are funded by Belgian organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to propose and suggest that any funding of NGOs in the country that operates or affects ancestral domains should follow the validation of consent in a manner required by law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Navarro expressed hope that foreign funds undergo a process that is universally accepted or advocated practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a process required by law.<\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s not just me and NGO talking to one IP but the whole community, and coordination mechanism with the local government.<\/p>\n

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,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

He added that the second possible mechanism wherein we can avoid funding misuse by communist terrorist groups is for foreign funding agencies to go directly to the communities, using the communities\u2019 NGOs, not intermediary NGOs that are not rooted in the communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat way, it becomes more efficient because community NGOs do not have administrative costs, and it directly empowers the communities rather than not knowing how the NGOs would affect their progress in their communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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