Pitfalls and Pipelines - Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links

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rights and the environment over granting corporate privileges
to exploit and degrade such resources.
98. States must ensure transparency and accountability especially
in governance institutions and bodies that deal with
indigenous people’ communities. Cases of alleged corruption
must be addressed.
99. Establish a complaints system for the complaints of
Indigenous Peoples regarding extractive industries and provide
redress and restitution for related harms;
100. Ensure that when FPIC is used in policies, it is used as
contained in the UNDRIP, with a requirement of consent.
The Workshop calls upon the Permanent Forum to:
101. Given the catastrophic impacts that extractive industries
have had on indigenous communities around the world, the
Permanent Forum should promote the establishment of a new
UN formal process, such as a special rapporteur, an ombudsman
or an international court system specifically focused on
this issue. Assessing the effectiveness of the Oxfam Australia’s
ombudsperson for mining might be useful in this regard;
102. Establish a body to monitor FPIC and to consider complaints
of the abuse of FPIC. The body should be comprised
of independent figures, including Indigenous Peoples, who
enjoy the respect and confidence of indigenous communities;
103. Work with Indigenous Peoples, their organizations and
civil society organizations to provide technical assistance to
communities, States and companies on the implementation
of FPIC. This should promote the capacity-building of
Indigenous Peoples and their organizations through training
on negotiation, FPIC, leadership, research and human rights;
104. Gather existing materials and guidelines on free, prior
and informed consent and make these available on the UNPFII
website. UNFPII should further analyze existing guidelines to
determine whether there are gaps, which should then be filled
through the development of new materials and should study
the experience of states and territories with existing legislation
pertaining to FPIC. The knowledge on free, prior and
informed consent that has resulted from Permanent Forum