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A Survey of Jurisprudence Affecting Indigenous Peoples and their Ancestral Land and Resource Rights in the Philippines (2009-2023)

Type: Publications

Region: Asia

Theme: Community-led conservation, Land and resource rights

Resource Language: English, Other, Spanish, Swahili, Thai

Year: 2024

This survey presents an overview of the current legal framework on indigenous peoples’ rights in the Philippines. It historicizes the legal recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights, including territorial rights in Philippine national laws and explores how this finds interpretation through a review of existing jurisprudence (presented as an enumeration of case digests) that relates to the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA). Some attention is provided for cases situated in Baguio City, Benguet and Mountain Province, presented as its own section. As an outtake, it reserves a brief section on the observations of the Commission on Human Rights and its Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Observatory.