MIFEE concerns raised with CERD, CESCR & Special Rapportuer

DTE Update, September 2011

The following submissions were made in July and August 2011 in response to the urgent threats to human rights and livelihoods faced by indigenous peoples in the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) project area.

1. Request for Consideration of the Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia, under the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedures.

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(CERD), Seventy-ninth session, 08 August – 2 September 2011.

31st July 2011

CERD chairperson letter to Indonesian Ambassador in Geneva, 2nd September 2011

2. Letter to Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay, Chairman, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Re: Indonesia’s Ratification of the Covenant and Failure to Submit its Initial Report

9 August 2011

3. Letter to Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, Right to Food

Re: Request for Urgent Assistance to Address the Imminent Threat to the Right to Food of the Indigenous Peoples in Merauke, Papua Province, Indonesia

9 August 2011