Recommendations for the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997: Recentering Indigenous Communities and Organizations

This policy brief is part of the study, “Examining Ancestral Domain Rights within the Context of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act,” under the Policy Studies for Political and Administrative Reforms (PSPAR) project, which is funded by the GAA 2021 FCR Project: January to December 2021. The funding of this project was coursed through, and administered by, the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS).

The UP CIDS Policy Brief Series features short reports, analyses, and commentaries on issues of national significance and aims to provide research-based inputs for public policy. The views and opinions expressed in this policy brief are those of the author/s and neither reflect nor represent those of the University of the Philippines or the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. UP CIDS policy briefs are not for quotation or reprinting without permission from the author/s and the Center.

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