International platform for Indigenous Youths

1. INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
ANDREW AMBROSE MUDI
Performing Artist & Creator // Resource Persons LIRU (PACOS Trust)
Partner Of Community Organizations
::KEM BELIA SEMPENA ULANGTAHUN PEMBENTUKAN BELIA JOAS

2. - Comprising Sabah, Sarawak & Malaya
- Population : 28.86 million (2011)
- Mega-biodiversity – 10 major types of
ecosystem
- Mega-cultural diversity – major ethnicsubgroups : 25 Sarawak, 39 in Sabah, 18 in
Peninsular Malaya and other sub-ethnic

3. - Sabah / 39 Ethnic Subgroups / 1, 000,000

4. Indigenous Peoples Malaysia
Who are WE?
 39 different indigenous ethnic groups
in Sabah are called natives or Anak
Negeri
 50% of Sarawak’s population of 2.5
million people.
 Orang Asli are the indigenous peoples
of Peninsular Malaysia. They number
150,000, representing a mere 0.6% of
the national population.

5. Indigenous Peoples Malaysia
What are our Rights?
Articles 1 and 2 of the UN Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(“UNDRIP”) state that indigenous
peoples have the right to enjoy all
human rights and freedoms from
discrimination, not only as individuals
but also as a collective. Indigenous
collective rights stem from the way
indigenous peoples organise
themselves as a group or community.

6. Indigenous Peoples Malaysia
What are our Rights?
In Malaysia, based on the UN
working definition,
“Indigenous Peoples” would
include the aborigines of
Peninsular Malaysia and the
natives of Sabah and
Sarawak, who are also
recognized as such by the
Federal Constitution and
relevant State laws.

7. Indigenous Peoples Malaysia
What Are OUR Rights?
For Sabah, Article 161A(6)(b) of the
Federal Constitution provides that for a
person to be considered a native of
Sabah, the following must be fulfilled:
(a) a citizen of Malaysia (b); is the child
or grandchild of a person of a race
indigenous to Sabah; and (c) was born
either in Sabah or to a father domiciled
in Sabah at the time of the birth.
However, the Federal Constitution does
not provide an enumeration of who
constitutes a native of Sabah.

8. Indigenous Peoples Malaysia,
HOW CAN OUR VOICE BE HEARD GLOBALLY?

10. INTERNATIONAL TOOLS FOR IPS
• UNITED
NATIONS
• SECRETARI
AT
- OHCHR

11. UN SECRETARIAT – OHCHR
• OFFICE OF THE HIGH
COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS –
OHCHR
• LOCATED IN GENEVA

12. INTERNATIONAL TOOLS FOR IPS
• UNITED
NATIONS
• GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
- HUMAN
RIGHTS
COUNCIL

13. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• 3 TOOLS FOR IPS
#1 – UN SPECIAL
RAPPORTEUR ON THE
RIGHTS OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
#2 – EMRIP
#3 – UPR WORKING
GROUP

14. UN SECRETARIAT
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• 3 TOOLS FOR IPS
#1 – UN SPECIAL
RAPPORTEUR
ON THE RIGHTS
OF
INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES

15. UN SECRETARIAT
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• SPECIAL MANDATE
• Report human right
situation of Ips.
• Address specific
cases of IP to
governments.
• Conduct studies of
special importance of
IP rights.
• Promote good
practices, including
new laws, govt
program, agreements
between IP & states.

16. UN SECRETARIAT
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• 3 TOOLS FOR IPS
#2 – EMRIP

17. UN SECRETARIAT
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• Mandate
- Provide HRC with
thematic advice, in
the form of studies
and research on Ips
as directed by the
Council.
Suggest proposals to
the Council for
consideration and
approval.

18. UN SECRETARIAT
– HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
• The Studies
- Role of language and
cultures in promoting
rights and identity of
IP
- Report on IP and
right to participate in
decision making
- Report for best
practices on
strategies to attain
goals of UNDRIP
- Jannie Lasimbang (R)
- Alexey Tsykarev,

19. INTERNATIONAL TOOLS FOR IPS
• UNITED
NATIONS
• ECOSOC

20. ECOSOC - UNPFII
• UNPFII - PERMANENT
FORUM ON IP ISSUES
~ Advisory Body to
Economic & Social
Council
~ LOCATED IN NEW YORK

21. ECOSOC - UNPFII
• UNPFII - PERMANENT FORUM ON IP
ISSUES
~ Mandated to discuss issues related to:
• Economic & Social Development
• Culture
• Environment
• Education
• Health
• Human Rights

22. UNPFII – EXPERT BODY
• UNPFII - PERMANENT
FORUM ON IP ISSUES
~ 16 Members expert body
reporting to ECOSOC
~ Members nominated by
IPO/Govt
~ Representing 7 socialcultural region & other
states

23. UNPFII – FUNCTION
• UNPFII - PERMANENT FORUM ON IP
ISSUES
~ Provide expert advise & recommendations
on indigenous issues to the Council, to
programmes, funds and agencies of the
United Nations, through the Council
~ Raise awareness and promote the
integration and coordination of activities
related to indigenous issues within the UN
system
~ Prepare & disseminate information on
indigenous issues

24. UNPFII – FUNCTION
• Continue
~ Recommendations are policy-making,
oriented in the form of advice which are
action oriented for implementation and
follow up by the intergovernmental
system, governments, IPO, organizations
& private sector
~ The recommendations are adopted by consensus
and submitted to ECOSOC
~ Members of Forum have closed-door sessions to
agree on recommendations. Strict deadline are
followed.

25. UNPFII – FUNCTION
• Meet 10 days each year
in May in New York,
USA
• Election of officers:
Chair, Rapporteur, 4 x
Vice Chairs (Bureau)
• Adoption of agenda
• Opening Ceremony
• Interactive dialogues
between IPs, States &
UN Agencies, other
multilateral bodies.

26. UNPFII – HOW RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
FORMULATED
• Ideas may come from
various indigenous
caucuses during the
debates
• Cover the mandated
areas of the Forum
• Addressed exclusively
to a particular UN
agency or to the whole
UN system

27. UNPFII – MEETING
• Preparatory meetings of
Regional Indigenous
Peoples’ Caucus
• Plenary Sessions
• Side-Events
• Expert-Workshop
• Meetings of the Interagency Support on
Indigenous Issues
(IASG)

28. UNPFII – SESSION THEMES
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Indigenous Children & Youth, 2003
Indigenous Women, 2004
MDGs & Indigenous Peoples, 2005-2006
Climate Change, Impacts on IPs, 2008
Cross-cutting Themes: Socio-Economy, 2009
Development with Culture & Identity, 2010
Review year, 2011
The Doctrine of Discovery, 2012
Review year, 2013
Principle of Good Governance, 2014

29. INTERNATIONAL TOOLS FOR IPS
• UNITED
NATIONS
• ECOSOC
- ILO

30. ECOSOC – ILO
• ILO
• INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR
ORGANIZATION
• SPECIALIZED
AGENCY TO UN
SINCE 1946
• LOCATED IN
GENEVA
SWITZERLAND

31. ECOSOC - ILO
• ILO – INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
ORGANIZATION
~ Specialized Agency to UN in 1946
~ The aims of ILO:
• Promote rights at work
• Encourage decent employment
opportunities
• Enhance social protection
• Strengthen dialogue on work-related
issues
• C169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Convention
• Strict rules to ensure right of IP
• No rattified by Malaysia!

33. IP YOUTH PARTICIPATION
HOW TO GET INVOLVED?

34. IP YOUTH PARTICIPATION
~ LEARN…
- UNDRIP
- ADVOCACY TOOLS
~ SPEAK UP..
-ISSUES
-RIGHTS
-VIOLATIONS

35. IP YOUTH PARTICIPATION
~ PARTICIPATE…
- LOCAL MEETING
- NATIONAL MEETING
- REGIONAL MEETING
- NONE? ORGANIZE IT !

36. IP YOUTH PARTICIPATION
~ CREATE..
- DECLARATION
- INTERVENTIONS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
…FOR IP RIGHTS!
~ MAKE..
- NETWORKS
- STRATEGIES
- PLANNINGS

37. IP YOUTH PARTICIPATION
~ APPLY TO
PARTICIPATE..
- UN FORUMS
- UN CONFERENCES
- IP UN-MECHANISM
…FOR IP RIGHTS!
~ CONTACT..
-IP-YOUTH PROGRAMS
- UN AGENCIES
- NGO / CSO

38. AIPP – ASIA CAUCUS

39. AIPP – YOUTH CAUCUS
• ASIA-CAUCUS-YOUTH
NEEDS YOU!
• START TO ORGANIZE
& COORDINATE
YOUTH MEETINGS.
• PARTICIPATE IN ASIA
MEETING AS YOUTHCAUCUS.
• DEMONSTRATE
LEADERSHIP.
• DEMAND ACCESS TO
PARTICIPATION !

40. GLOBAL INDIGENOUS YOUTH CAUCUS

41. GIYC
• GLOBAL
INDIGENOUS
YOUTH CAUCUS.
• 3 GCG LEADERS.
• 21 FOCAL
PERSON FROM
ALL IP REGIONS.
• REPRESENTING
IP YOUTH IN
UNITED NATIONS
PROCESS.
• UNPFII, EMRIP,
UNSR, WCIP, IPO,
STATES,
REGIONAL & UN

42. GIYC - CONTACT
• GLOBAL
INDIGENOUS
YOUTH CAUCUS
~ GET IN TOUCH..
• ASIA FOCAL
PERSONS
- JULIUS
DAGUITAN (PHI)
- ANDREW ATAMA
(MAS)
- ABHAY SAGAR
(IND)

44. “POUNSIKOU – Thank You”