and aspirations through peaceful and lawful means” and that to provide the means for
development/empowerment of ICCs/IPs “the Government shall establish the means for the full
development/ empowerment of the ICCs/IPs own institutions and initiatives and; where
necessary, provide the resources needed therefor.”
3. No effort has been made to study the disestablishment of government reservations in
order to restore Ancestral Domains
The instances of government reservations preventing registration of ADs during the Inquiry
include:
1. The CADT of Aklanon Bukidnon covering more or less 19,000 hectares cannot be registered
due to overlap with a military reservations in Capiz 15;
2. The Panay Bukidnon tribe with a pending CADT application prevented by an AFP claim of a
military reservations within the AD 16;
3. Another Panay Bukidnon CADT claim overlaps with a military reservations called Camp
Peralta 17;
4. Bago, Ibaloi, Dumagat, Aplai, Bukidnon, Isneg and Kankanaey claims against a military
reservations in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija;
5. Ongoing relocation of Dumagat of San Jose Bulacan due to overlapping claims of the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP);
6. Displacement of Agta in Casiguran, Aurora due to overlapping claims of Certificates of Land
Ownership (CLOAs) holders;
7. Ati Tamulalod AD claim was 1,225 hectares but CLOA holders reduced it by 500 hectares 18
These government reservations can be subject of review for purposes of possible executive
disestablishment by a technical working group within the government agency partnerships to be
convened by the IP Human Rights Observatory.
15
Report of Guillermo Colas (Aklanon) during the public hearing in Iloilo City.
Report of Concepcion Diaz (Panay Bukidnon) during the public hearing in Iloilo City.
17
Report of Herminio Sapeda (Panay Bukidnon) during the public hearing in Iloilo City.
18
Report of Pablito Escola (Ati Tamulalod) during the public hearing in Iloilo City.
16
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