RIGHTS OF TRIBAL AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
20.04.2009

Horwood, Martin

That this House welcomes the 20th anniversary of International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on Tribal and Indigenous Peoples, which recognises and respects the land rights of indigenous peoples; notes that protecting the land rights of indigenous peoples is the most effective way to protect the world's rainforests, crucial in the battle against climate change; further welcomes a memorandum submitted to the Environment Audit Committee by the Department for International Development and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which recognises the importance of ensuring indigenous peoples' rights are respected in terms of ownership of the carbon asset; notes the Government's continued refusal to put these rights on a firm legal footing and ratify Convention 169, on the grounds that there are no indigenous peoples in the United Kingdom; further notes that this has not prevented either the Netherlands or Spain from joining the list of 20 countries, including Brazil, that have ratified the Convention; believes that protecting the rights of indigenous peoples is a matter of international concern; and calls on the Government to ratify Convention 169 without delay.

The following members signed this in agreement.


Horwood, Martin Drew, David Cohen, Harry George, Andrew Russell, Bob Hoyle, Lindsay Spink, Bob Jones, Lynne Caton, Martin Cryer, Ann Bottomley, Peter Leech, John Illsley, Eric Jackson, Glenda McCafferty, Chris McDonnell, John Corbyn, Jeremy Dean, Janet Durkan, Mark Turner, Desmond Vis, Rudi Wareing, Robert N Williams, Stephen Williams, Mark Mackinlay, Andrew Meale, Alan Etherington, Bill Hancock, Mike Weir, Mike Rowen, Paul Davies, Dai Mason, John Singh, Marsha Gerrard, Neil Kilfoyle, Peter McCartney, Ian McGrady, Eddie Stunell, Andrew Riordan, Linda Rogerson, Daniel Reed, Andy Jenkins, Brian Llwyd, Elfyn McDonnell, Alasdair Clapham, Michael Sanders, Adrian Simpson, Alan Iddon, Brian Harris, Evan Naysmith, Doug Challen, Colin Flynn, Paul Stewart, Ian Thurso, John Alexander, Danny Willott, Jenny Ruane, Chris Dobbin, Jim Walley, Joan Willis, Phil Prosser, Gwyn Havard, Dai Mullin, Chris Brooke, Annette Cunningham, Jim Taylor, Matthew Williams, Betty Short, Clare Kennedy, Charles Brake, Tom Connarty, Michael Abbott, Diane Stoate, Howard Heath, David Williams, Roger Galloway, George Baker, Norman Wood, Mike Clark, Katy Pugh, John Younger-Ross, Richard Hughes, Simon Morgan, Julie Harvey, Nick Marshall-Andrews, Robert Austin, John Howarth, David Hosie, Stewart Opik, Lembit Price, Adam Barrett, John Featherstone, Lynne Swinson, Jo Holmes, Paul Carmichael, Alistair Hoey, Kate Oaten, Mark Cruddas, Jon Cummings, John Curtis-Thomas, Claire Doran, Frank Battle, John Begg, Anne Hopkins, Kelvin Dobson, Frank Baldry, Tony Humble, Joan George, Bruce Lazarowicz, Mark Burgon, Colin Pelling, Andrew Smith, Robert Love, Andrew O'Hara, Edward McIsaac, Shona Gapes, Mike Betts, Clive Mitchell, Austin Campbell, Menzies Prentice, Gordon Kramer, Susan Osborne, Sandra