INDONESIA

Special Decisions or Action taken Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD A/64/18 (2009)

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Chapter II: Prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning and urgent procedures

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15. During the reporting period, the Committee again considered a number of situations under its early warning and urgent action procedure, including in particular the following.

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21. By a letter dated 6 March 2009, the Committee reacted to information on the alleged infringement of the rights of indigenous peoples in Indonesia, including in connection with the activities of palm oil companies and with allegedly discriminatory provisions in regulations to reduce emissions from deforestation, adopted within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change, which reportedly ignore the property rights of indigenous peoples over their traditional lands. The Committee requested the Government of Indonesia to submit comments on measures taken to safeguard the rights of affected indigenous communities. At its seventy-fifth session, and in the absence of a response from the State party, the Committee decided to reiterate its request for information.

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