Philippine government should be held accountable to the continuing violations of the indigenous peoples’ collective and individual rights.

CPA data show 120 documented cases of extra judicial killings of indigenous peoples all over the country since 2001. Likewise, the massive expropriation and land-grabbing of ancestral lands and resources is leading to the further impoverishment and marginalization of indigenous peoples already suffering from national oppression.

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