Indigenous People Rights. – The Bangsamoro Government recognizes the rights of the indigenous peoples and shall adopt measures for the promotion and protection of the following rights:
(a) Native titles or fusaka inged;
(b) Indigenous customs and traditions;
(c) Justice systems and indigenous political structures;
(d) Equitable share in revenues from the utilization of resources in their ancestral lands;
(e) Free, prior and informed consent;
(f) Political participation in the Bangsamoro Government including reserved seats for the non-Moro indigenous peoples in the Parliament;
(g) Basic services; and
(h) Freedom of choice as to their identity
The Bangsamoro Government shall create a ministry for indigenous peoples and shall the primary responsibility to formulate and implement policies, plans, and programs to promote the well-being of all indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in recognition of their ancestral domain as well as their rights thereto.
Any measure enacted by the Parliament shall in no way diminish the rights and privileges granted to indigenous peoples by virtue of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, and other laws pertaining to indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.
This Organic Law shall not in any manner diminish the rights and benefits of the non-Moro indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region under the Constitution, national laws, particularly Republic Act. No. 8371, otherwise known as the “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997.”
