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FOREWORD                                                                                                                             

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND REMARKS

SUMMARY and recommendations

Introduction

Part I – AN Overview of the Situation of Indigenous MINORITIES in Ratanakiri

A. Major PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

1. Land and Forest Management

    1.1. Land   

    1.2. Forest

2. Large Scale Development Projects

    2.1 Land Concessions

    2.2 Rubber Plantations

    2.3 Protected areas

    2.4 Forest concessions

    2.5 Hydro-electric Dams

    2.6 Tourism

    2.7 Mining

    2.8 Military concessions

3. Social Sectors

    3.1 Health

    3.2 Education 

B. Local, National and International Support to Indigenous Minorities IN RATANAKIRI

1. Local Support 

    1.1 At the Community Level

    1.2 At the Provincial Level

2. National Support

3. International Support

    3.1. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    3.2. UN Treaty Bodies

    3.3. Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights

        a. Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia

        b. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of

            Indigenous Peoples

        c. UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations

        d. UN Working Group on Minorities

    3.4  UN Forum on Forests

Part II – A HUMAN Rights Approach to the MANAGEMENT of indigenous minorities’ land and

              NATURAL RESOURCES in Cambodia

A. HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AT STAKE

1. Accessibility

    1.1. Access to Information

    1.2. Access to land

    1.3. Access to justice

    1.4. Access to social services

    1.5. Access to participation (the exercise of the rights to freedoms of expression, assembly,

          movement and association).

2. Personal Security

B. Main Features of a HUMAN Rights Approach

1. Linkages to International and National Human Rights Norms and Standards

2. Non-Discrimination and Equality

3. Active, Informed and Inclusive Participation

4. Effective accountability mechanisms

    4.1. At the National Level

        a. Internal Procedures

        b. External Procedures

    4.2. At the International Level

    4.3. Targets and Indicators: Monitoring Progress towards the Realization of Indigenous

             Minorities’ Rights

Conclusion: THE WAY FORWARD

ANNEXES: MAPS

ANNEX 1: MAP OF CAMBODIA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rethinking

Poverty

 Reduction to

 Protect and

Promote the

Rights of

 Indigenous

Minorities

 in Cambodia

A Human Rights

 Approach

to Land

and Natural

 Resources

 Management

Date: April 2005