The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses concern over House Bill 9608, which seeks to amend the Indigenous People's Rights Act (IPRA) by reorganizing the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
If enacted into law, the bill will transfer the NCIP's Ancestral Domains Office to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, a move that could undermine the NCIP's core mandate and weaken its institutional capacity to protect the rights of indigenous people.
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