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As the Indigenous Peoples Champions project concludes, and International Women's Day approaches, women participants have shared their reflections on the project, which was the first of its kind in the Asia and the Pacific region.
To hold onto power and enforce total, fearful submission by its citizens, Belarus’ authoritarian regime has transformed itself into a totalitarian system. The human rights situation continues to deteriorate as the number of political prisoners grows and any dissenting voice is met with violence from the country’s security forces. Since the last presidential elections in August 2020, the regime has deepened and broadened its repression against independent media and journalists.
The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act seeks to uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples to their ancestral domains. The implementation of the act is complex and demands a thorough evaluation. Mediation and conflict transformation are pivotal, serving as channels for dialogue and negotiations amidst the complex challenges.
The promotion, respect and protection of the Indigenous Cultural Communities’ rights is important to address historical and persistent injustices against these communities. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples developed a policy known as ‘Eleven (11) Building Blocks of Resilient, Responsive, and Relevant ICCs/IPs’.
This Brief complement the use of International IDEA’s publication Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool to enable its use by those working to promote and protect Indigenous rights.
Indigenous Peoples constitute between 14 and 17 per cent of the population of the Philippines. In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a unique identity is taking shape, known as the Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples.
Los días 18 y 19 de marzo de 2023, la Oficina de Túnez de IDEA Internacional organizó un Concurso de Tribunales Simulado sobre la cláusula de limitación de derechos y libertades de la Constitución tunecina y el principio de proporcionalidad.
On International Women’s Day, we recognize the key roles Filipino indigenous women play in their communities and beyond. With approximately 17 million Indigeneous Peoples (IP) living in the Philippines, the highest IP population are in the Bangsamoro and Cordillera regions.
Throughout their life, indigenous women face multiple layers of social discrimination, economic marginalization, and political disempowerment that must be addressed on the institutional and legislative level.
There are various challenges to democracy which have worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some countries have experienced democratic backsliding and other problems from the perspective of democratic participation, human rights and the rule of law.
The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool helps users to analyse a constitution from the perspective of indigenous peoples’ rights.
Túnez se unió a IDEA Internacional como el 33.° estado miembro de la organización. El Consejo de Estados Miembros se reunió en Estocolmo el 2 de diciembre de 2019 para tomar dicha decisión. De esta forma, Túnez es el primer estado miembro de la región del norte de África en unirse al Instituto.
On 7 November 2013 super typhoon Haiyan (called Yolanda in the Philippines) made landfall in central Philippines killing more than 6300 people and leaving a trail of unprecedented destruction and devastation in its path.
Like other democracies, the Philippines still has its challenges, not least in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
This assessment of democracy at the local level in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was conducted by the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) and the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID).