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| A Teduray spiritual leader performes a ritual outside the House of Representatives in Manila to seek divine intervention regarding Bansgsamoro Basic Law. (Photo from: Jimmy Domingo) |
[아시아뉴스통신=조날드 타파난 기자] Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana decried any form of abuse and exploitation of indigenous peoples (IP) leaders and communities. In a web forum organized by the National Commission on the Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Gana said they are going to investigate if ever a complaint is filed with them.
During the forum's question and answer portion, IPs from Region 9 (Zamboanga) asked for the position of the CHR on violations made by communist terrorist groups (CTG) on IP communities and ancestral domains, particularly on the reported recruitment of minors to join the armed movement.
Whenever CHR does its report, it always investigates and verifies all the reports submitted to them. She said face-to-face consultations are done with the sectors of the society involved in the investigation or monitoring to assure an independent and balanced report. Gana added that the CHR did a national inquiry on the indigenous peoples' rights as they went all over the country to discuss with the IP communities their actual concerns.
