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17 Mar 2014

Author:
Abdon Nababan, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (Indonesia)

AMAN Secretary General: Indigenous Peoples Urge Implementation of Constitutional Court Ruling and Adoption of Indigenous Peoples Law [Indonesia]

More than one thousand indigenous peoples and allies gathered in…Jakarta, while thousands of others gathered in…communities across Indonesia, to urge the government to implement a landmark Constitutional Court Ruling…and the National Parliament to adopt an Indigenous Peoples Law…[The court ruling] found in favour of three joint petitioners...deleting the word “state” in the phrase, “state customary forest.” This potentially paves the way to secure land tenure for indigenous communities…Clear, accessible processes for indigenous land ownership can potentially be the first step towards reducing agrarian conflict between communities and corporations…