Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines
Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines
Indigenous Peoples of The Philippines
d) Cultural integrity
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The State shall recognize and promote the rights of the ICCs/IPs within
the framework of national unity and development;
The State shall protect the rights of the ICCs/IPs to their ancestral
domains to ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being and shall
recognize the applicability of customary laws governing property rights or
relations in determining the ownership and extent of ancestral domain;
The State shall recognize, respect and protect the rights of ICCs/IPs to
preserve and develop their culture, traditions and institutions. It shall
consider these rights in the formulation of national laws and policies;
The State shall guarantee that members of the ICCs/IPs regardless of
sex, shall equally enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental
freedoms without distinction or discrimination;
The State shall take measures with the participation of the ICCs/IPs
concerned, to protect their rights and guarantee respect for their cultural
integrity, and to ensure that members of the ICCs/IPs benefit on an equal
footing from the rights and opportunities which national laws and
regulations grant to other members of the population; and
The State recognizes its obligation to respond to the strong expression of
the ICCs/IPs for cultural integrity by assuring maximum ICC/IP
participation in the direction of education, health, as well as other services
of ICCs/IPs, in order to render such services more responsive to the
needs and desires of these communities.
Towards these ends, the State shall institute and establish the necessary
mechanisms to enforce and guarantee the realization of these rights, taking into
consideration their customs, traditions, values, beliefs, interests and institutions,
and to adopt and implement measures to protect their rights to their ancestral
domains.
CHAPTER III
Section 5