The National Policy on Indigenous Peoples Rights (Dasar Kebangsaan Tentang Hak Hak Orang Asal Malaysia)
Sahabat Alam Malaysia’s call for the country Malaysia to formulate a coherent National Policy on Indigenous People’s Rights, which is in line with the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples Rights (UNDRIP) that Malaysia has ratified. Rights of indigenous communities must be fully respected, the full nature and extent of Natives Customary Rights must be recognized in its entirety. States must establish and implement an open and transparent process in land matters giving due recognition to indigenous peoples laws, traditions, customs and land tenure systems. States must established and implement a systematic and participatory boundary demarcation process for traditional territories where native customary rights are claimed communally. States must institute legal reforms in all the relevant statutory processes to ensure that statutes are consistent with Constitutional provisions, judicial decisions and the principles of natural justice.
- February 6th
The dispossession of NCR land in Sarawak is in clear and abominable violation of the stated UN Declaration. Malaysia and Sarawak stand to international shame in reneging on their pledges to the UNDRIP.
May our revulsion turn into the needed social and political resolve to put matters right.
NCLand rights must be followed by administrative social justice packages for the indigenous peoples.