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Indigenous Nation:
Igorot
Nation State:
Philippines
Language(s): Kankana-ey
Igorot /
English
UN Region: Asia
VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ,
Indigenous Peoples'
International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Baguio City,
Philippines
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot) is an indigenous activist from the
Cordillera region in the Philippines and co-president of the board of the
International Forum on Globalization. She is head of the
Tebtebba Foundation
(Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and
Education) in the Philippines. She helped organize and convene the United
Nation’s (UN) Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.
Tauli-Corpuz is also chairperson of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Populations and convenor of the Asian Indigenous Women’s Network. She is
one of the leading indigenous activists lobbying for UN General Assembly
adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is the
currently
elected chairperson of the
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Tauli-Corpuz is also
co-editor, with Jerry Mander of the newly released Paradigm Wars:
Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization (Sierra Club / UC Press –
October 2006)
Source:
Speaker Bios and Contact Information [opens pdf];
The International Forum on
Globalization & Tebtebba Foundation Teach-In: Indigenous Peoples’
Resistance to Economic Globalization A Celebration of Indigenous
Sovereignty: Victories, Rights & Cultures; November 18, 2006
Additional biographical information
Dialogue between:
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Igorot, Philippines
Mililani Trask, Kanaka Maoli, Sovereign Nation of Hawai'i, USA
Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Mexico
This Dialogue presents an overview of a recent mission to the Philippines,
which was conducted by Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Special UN Rapporteur for the
fundamental freedoms and human rights of indigenous peoples, December
1-11, 2002. Tebtebba and various other Indigenous Peoples' organizations
and NGO's in the Philippines helped organize this visit of the Special
Rapporteur to the communities.
This Dialogue also discusses the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, as
well as methodologies and procedures for local communities and governments
to engage him on issues requiring his expertise.
Transcript
Documents and reports - Visit to the Philippines by Professor
Rodolfo Stavenhagen, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
Additional links for Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on this
site:
Appeal for adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples: Text of Article 3 in Kankana-ey Igorot
Article 3 is one of the most important provisions in the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Indigenous peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of
that right, they freely determine their political status and freely pursue
their economic, social and cultural development."
Biodiversity and Conservation - Video - English - Victoria Tauli-Corpuz in
the Kari-Oca Press Conference, Kari-Oca, Earth Summit (UNCED), Rio,
Brazil, June 1992 Transcript also available.
Biodiversity and Conservation - Patenting of life forms; Intellectual
property
Land - World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
2002
Comments on the return of ancestral lands to the Mier and San
communities, who jointly make up the Ikhomani group
Indigenous Recognition - World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa 2002
Collective rights and political recognition - World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Kimberley, South Africa 2002
Environmental destruction - World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa 2002
Text of Tebtebba Statement by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz - United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2002
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2003 - text
Human rights issues - Interview - Audio in Igorot, English
First Session United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2002
Indigenous Human
Rights
Committee on Indigenous Health - Statement
Committee on Indigenous Health - Report
Additional Resources:
UNTV Archived Webcasts
Fourth
Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2005
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16 May 05 Special Event: Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The
opening meeting. [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 7 minutes]
16 May 05 Special Event: Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The
opening meeting. [Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hours and 18 minutes]
26 May 05 Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, will brief the press on the Forum's
recommendations for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
that will respect the rights of indigenous peoples. [Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes]
Fifth
Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2006
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15 May 06 Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; H.E. Mr. David
Choquehuanca Cespedes, Foreign Minister of Bolivia; and Ms. Victoria
Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
will brief on the fifth session of the Permanent Forum, which opens today
brief on the fifth session of the Permanent Forum, which opens today. [Webcast:
Archived Video - 35 minutes]
15 May 06 Special Event: "Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues"
[Website] [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 32 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 32 minutes]
25 May 06 Press Conference: Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson
of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Mr. Wilton Littlechild,
Member of the Forum and youth representative, will brief on the outcomes
and agreed recommendations of the ongoing Forum's Fifth Session [Webcast:
Archived Video - 40 minutes]
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