Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines (Tebtebba Foundation)
Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines (Tebtebba Foundation)
Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines (Tebtebba Foundation)
the Philippines
Jennifer Corpuz
Legal Officer
Tebtebba
Outline
Brief Background
Legal Framework
The Indigenous
Peoples’ Rights Act
(IPRA)
Rights Under the
Qu i c k T i m e ™ a n d a
TIF F (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d to s e e th i s p i c tu re .
IPRA
The NCIP
Status of
Implementation of
IPRA
The Philippines
Population
85 Million
Land Area
300,000 sq km (30
Million hectares)
7,107 Islands Qu i c k Ti m e ™ a n d a
TI FF (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d to s e e th i s p i c tu re .
Legal System
Civil Law
Indigenous Peoples of the
Philippines
No actual count - estimated number
is 12.8 million (1995)
IPs of the Philippines
The IPs comprise 17 percent of the total
Philippine population
Majority are in Mindanao
§Luzon
36%
§Mindanao
61%
§Visayas
3%
Philippine Indigenous Peoples
110 Ethnolinguistic
Groups
ETHNOGRAPHIC REGIONS
Region II
Island Group
Central Mindanao
Qu i c k Ti m e ™ a n d a
TI FF (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d to s e e th i s p i c tu re .
The 1987 Constitution (cont.)
Sec. 5 of Art. XII
The State, subject to the provisions
of this Constitution and national
development policies and programs,
shall protect the rights of indigenous
cultural communities to their
ancestral lands to ensure their
economic, social, and cultural well-
being.
Commission en banc
Chairman Consultative Body
Executive Director
46 Provincial Offices
Land Rights
57 CADTs = 1,116,260.5047 has.
172 CALTs= 4,838.2352 has.
Total area of approved CADTs & CALTs =
1,121,098.7381 has.
Current Situation: Ancestral Domain/Land
PERCENTAGE OF APPROVED CADTs/CALTs
OVER ESTIMATED TARGET OF ADs
CADT/CALT
applications
4,878,883.65 Has.
81% of total CADT/CALT
target Issuance
57 CADTs & 171
81 % of 6M CALTs
1,121,116.35Has.
19%
245,154 Rights
Holders
19% of total target
IPRA: Status of Implementation