Indigenous Peoples Forum, Nepal

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
IPAS Fund
Asia Indigenous Youth Platform - AIYP
Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia-IKPA

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गोरखाका उम्मेदवारलाई ‘विशेष, संरक्षित र स्वायत्त क्षेत्र’ कार्यान्वयन गर्न नेपाल बराम संघद् आदिवासी बराम जातिको प्रतिनिधिमूलक साझा संस्था नेपाल बराम संघले गोरखाका प्रतिनिधिसभा सदस्य उम्मेद्वारलाई ज्ञा.....

As COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, we bring the fire of 157 Indigenous Peoples including 128 women, 51 youth, and 2 Indigenous Women with Disabilities through the Tano Batak Declaration.

From the sacred lands of the Batak Indigenous Peoples in North Sumatra, Indonesia to the global stage, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), PEREMPUAN AMAN, and the Network of Indigenous Women in Asia (NIWA) deliver a message that cannot be ignored: Indigenous Women are not asking to be included. We are demanding transformation.

The Tano Batak Declaration is our truth. It exposes the violence we face—land grabs, climate crisis, gender-based violence and it elevates our solutions rooted in ancestral knowledge, community resilience, and intergenerational leadership.

We are not victims. We are leaders. We are rights-holders. We are healers, seed keepers, educators, and defenders of our land, territories and waters.

We reject false climate solutions that commodify nature and erase our lifeways. We lead with lived experience—not theory. With wisdom—not extraction.

Our demands are clear. They are urgent. Our rights are not up for negotiations.

The Declaration outlines our urgent and specific demands to:
• Governments
• ASEAN
• Donors (bilateral, multilateral, private)
• Private sectors in climate and biodiversity markets
• Conservation organizations
• UN Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples bodies
• European Union
• Civil Society Organizations
• Academic actors
• Media

Let the Tano Batak Declaration guide COP30. Let Indigenous Women lead the way to climate justice.

Read full declaration: https://aippnet.org/tano-batak-declaration/



Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders-IPHRDs Network, Asia Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia-IKPA Asia Indigenous Youth Platform - AIYP

Delegation Meeting with Hon. minister BinduThapa

माननीय मन्त्री बिन्दु थापा ज्यूसँग बैठक ।
मगर र गुरुङ भाषा गण्डकी प्रदेशको सरकारी कामकाजको भाषा ऎन कार्यान्वयनको लागि सामाजिक विकास, यूवा तथा खेलकूद मन्त्री मा० विन्दु थापा, भाषा आयोगका माननीय अध्यक्ष डा० गोपाल ठाकुर, आदिवासी जनजाति उत्थान राष्ट्रिय प्रतिष्ठानका उपाध्यक्ष रेशम गुरुङ, सदस्य सचिव ज्ञानेन्द्र पुन, नेपाल आदिवासी जनजाति महासंघका पूर्व अध्यक्ष एवम् Indigenous Peoples Forum, Nepal का सचिव जगतबहादुर बराम, मन्त्रालयका अधिकारीहरुबिच छलफल ।

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
IPAS Fund
Tebtebba Indigenous
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia-IKPA
Asia Indigenous Youth Platform - AIYP
Mohan Chhantyal
Resham Gurung
Nagendra Kumar Kumal
Maharjan Seeagain

Current Situation of marzinalized indigenous Language in Gandaki Province of Nepal along with Magar & Gurung indigenous Language as an official language Act 2025 of Gandaki Province, Nepal.
IPAS Fund
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Asia Indigenous Youth Platform - AIYP
Pun Gyanendra
Cipred Nepal
Seeagain Maharjan
Joan Carling
Jenifer Lasimbang
Surendra Pandey

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Lahurnip Nepal
नेपाल बराम संघ
नेपाल छन्त्याल संघ
नेपाल दरै उत्थान समाज

On 6 October 2025, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted, without a vote, draft resolution A/HRC/60/L.24/Rev.1 entitled Human rights & .

The resolution, amongst other matters:

👉Decides that the theme of the annual panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, to be held during its 63rd session (Sept-Oct 2026), will be “Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural & Natural Heritage: Indigenous Peoples’ rights & engagement”

👉Takes note with appreciation of the joint report of the co-facilitators & the United Nations Human Rights Office entitled “Discussions & outcomes of the 2 intersessional meetings on concrete ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Human Rights Council” & decides to continue discussions on the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives

👉Acknowledges the efforts made by the UN Indigenous mechanisms including the and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and encourages their ongoing cooperation and coordination

👉 Requests the Council President to continue to organize the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives & institutions duly established by themselves from the 7 Indigenous sociocultural regions, in consultation with the Expert Mechanism & with the support of OHCHR, for the interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur & the Expert Mechanism & the annual panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples as of the 63rd session of the Council

👉 Reaffirms that the human rights treaty bodies are important mechanisms for the promotion & protection of human rights, notes the increasingly frequent references to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in their work & encourages States to give serious consideration to their recommendations, including those regarding Indigenous Peoples in the application of the tre

View the full resolution here: https://shorturl.at/6SKWw

🚨 AIPP Strongly Condemns the Brutal Violence in Khagrachari, Bangladesh

The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) condemns the horrific attacks in Khagrachari Hill District — where Indigenous Peoples faced killings, injuries, arson of homes and shops, and the gang r**e of an Indigenous schoolgirl.

We demand justice and accountability for these grave human rights violations. The perpetrators — including those responsible for sexual violence and communal attacks — must face the full force of the law.

The violence reflects the ongoing impunity, discrimination, and unaddressed land and ethnic conflicts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

AIPP calls on the Interim Government of Bangladesh to:
🔹 Conduct independent investigations
🔹 Hold all perpetrators accountable
🔹 Protect Indigenous women and communities
🔹 Implement the 1997 CHT Accord
🔹 Ratify ILO 169 and endorse UNDRIP

Read the full statement: https://aippnet.org/aipp-strongly-condemns-brutal-violence-against-indigenous-peoples-khagrachari/



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