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KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10

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BY THE WAY, WITH THE<br />

ENACTMENT OF THE<br />

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S<br />

RIGHTS ACT (IPRA) OF 1998,<br />

HAS THIS PROCEDURE BEEN<br />

AMENDED<br />

NO, IPRA EVEN RECOGNIZES<br />

THAT THE INDIGENOUS<br />

PEOPLES HAVE THE RIGHT TO<br />

USE THEIR OWN ACCEPTED<br />

JUSTICE SYSTEMS, CONFLICT<br />

RESOLUTION INSTITUTIONS,<br />

PEACE-BUILDING<br />

PROCESSES OR<br />

MECHANISMS<br />

AND OTHER<br />

CUSTOMARY<br />

LAWS AND PRACTICES<br />

WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE<br />

COMMUNITIES.<br />

BUT ARE THERE OTHER<br />

MECHANISMS OR<br />

STRUCTURES PROVIDED BY<br />

THE IPRA LAW TO RESOLVE<br />

DISPUTES<br />

ASIDE FROM THE CUSTOMARY<br />

LAWS AND TRADITIONS, THE<br />

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON<br />

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP)<br />

ALSO HAS JURISDICTION<br />

OVER DISPUTES WHICH<br />

INVOLVE THE RIGHTS OF<br />

THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL<br />

COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS<br />

PEOPLES (ICCS/IPS).<br />

SO CAN A MEMBER OF<br />

THE ICC/IP FILE<br />

DIRECTLY WITH THE<br />

NCIP<br />

NO. THE LAW PROVIDES THAT<br />

ALL REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THE<br />

CUSTOMARY LAWS MUST BE<br />

EXHAUSTED FIRST BEFORE THE<br />

DISPUTE SHALL BE<br />

BROUGHT BEFORE<br />

THE NCIP.<br />

<strong>KATARUNGANG</strong> <strong>PAMBARANGAY</strong><br />

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