2024 Indigenous Peoples Rights, Climate Change, Human Rights and Business – Malaysia

The Diplomacy Training Program, in partnership with Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) ran Indigenous Peoples Rights, Climate Change, Human Rights and Business – a capacity building program for Indigenous Peoples Advocates in Malaysia in Sabah, Malaysia, May 6-10, 2024.

The program aimed to build the knowledge and skills of Indigenous Peoples advocates to protect and promote human rights in the context of climate change and government and business responses to climate change that impact on Indigenous Peoples and their Rights.

The program built knowledge of human rights, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent, the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as national frameworks relevant to Indigenous Peoples Rights in Malaysia. It built skills and confidence in strategic advocacy and in effective engagement with governments and the private sector - and  helped to build and develop JOAS’s network.

Expert resource persons, including human rights academics and practitioners and Indigenous Peoples advocates led sessions, shared knowledge and helped in building networks.

The program will contribute to longer term strategies of capacity and network building by the partner organisations.

For more information, click on the Concept Note