of certain economic enterprises, which may be resisted by the local indigenous communities. Such operations may result in land dispossession, forced displacement, physical abuse, torture, arbitrary detention, summary executions, destruction of houses, including the reported bombing of an indigenous village, as well as “hamleting,” xxx and appear to form part of recurring patterns of HR abuses committed against Philippine IPs in anticipation of the establishment of major development projects in indigenous territories.84 81. The Commission notes, very sadly, that the natural resources which IPs preserved for centuries in their ancestral domains have only brought them oppression from conflicting forces. Instead of benefiting from these resources, their very own existence is put in jeopardy. The rush to control these resources by individuals and entities other than themselves is generating HR crises for them. 82. The Commission reiterates its warning85 that, with the government’s reliance on mining investments for development, there is a need for vigilance against HR violations, particularly of rights of IPs. The Lumad, whose issues are under consideration herein, are particularly vulnerable since their domains are within the resource-rich Pantaron Range. 83. The UNDRIP provides that IPs have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired86 and prohibits the forcible displacement of IPs from their lands or territories.87 The UNDRIP generally prohibits the conduct of military activities in indigenous lands or territories,88 especially as a precursor to resource extraction. Moreover, IPs have the right to free, prior, and informed consent to all development projects that are proposed to be conducted within their ancestral domains. Political Vilification and Red-Tagging 84. Many in the military present several civil society organizations as “fronts” of the CPP and its armed group, the NPA. The CPP allegedly directs the decisions and actions of these groups to harness support for the armed struggle that it has been waging since 1969. This is a belief based on the CPP’s own official statement: Aside from waging armed struggle against the enemy, our Party uses the policy and tactics of the united front. In the main, the 84 Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous People, submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/65: Mission to The Philippines, E/CN.4/2003/90/Add.3, 5 March 2003, at 17. 85 Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP), Submission to the Universal Periodic Review – Philippines, June 2012, para. 33. 86 Article 26, UNDRIP. 87 Id., Article 10. 88 Id., Article 30(1). 20