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R35: Support for West Papuan Indigenous Rights & Biodiversity

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Metadata of the motion
Consultation:Global Greens Congress Korea 2023
Proposer:Green Party of England and Wales
Status:Modified
Submitted:10/05/2023, 14:11
History:
Version 1(10/05/2023)
Version 2(08/06/2023) Show changes
Version 3(11/06/2023) Show changes

Resolution text

Preamble:

West Papuans have experienced over 50 years of human rights abuses at the hands
of the Indonesian Government and are seeing the destruction of one of the
largest and most biodiverse rainforests in the world.

The people of West Papua have been struggling for freedom from Indonesia’s
colonial occupation since 1963.

Over 500,000 West Papuan civilians have been killed by Indonesia’s military.
Thousands more have been raped, tortured or forcibly disappeared. Racism and
discrimination are a daily reality and basic human rights including freedom of
speech are outlawed. There are hundreds of West Papuan political prisoners
serving lengthy terms for the ‘crime’ of peacefully expressing themselves.

The Indonesian Government have banned international media and human rights
organisations from operating in West Papua, ensuring that news about what is
happening rarely reaches the outside world.

Gold and copper mining, oil and gas extraction, palm oil plantations, highway
development projects, and tourism, promoted and permitted under Indonesian
colonial rule, are destroying West Papua’s natural environment and contributing
to global climate collapse.

West Papuans have a ‘Green State Vision’based on environmental and social
protection, indigenous environmental management and respect for the natural
world. This new social order will restore and protect the environment and
maintain balance and harmony in and amongst people and the environment. West
Papuans intend to sustainably manage New Guinea’s rainforests and its
biodiversity for the good of the global community.

Operative Text:

This Global Greens Congress:

  • Supports solutions coming from indigenous people in West Papua to address
    the climate emergency.
  • Supports West Papuans in their fight against human rights abuses by the
    Indonesian Government.
  • Supports West Papuans’ right to self-determination, acknowledging that
    under the UN Charter this right is based on the fact they are currently a
    persecuted indigenous people.
  • Supports West Papuans’ aim to create the Earth’s first Green State.

Background Text:

Reference documents:

  • The West Papuans’ campaign for self determination is supported by many
    groups and individals including politicians and lawyers. Support includes
    from:
  • Global Justice Now
  • Indigenous Environmental Network
  • No White Saviors (Uganda)
  • Stop Ecocide International
  • Students Organising for Sustainability International
  • Extinction Rebellion (UK, Mexico, Africa, Australia, Ireland, Argentina)
  • Free West Papua Campaign (UK)
  • West Papua Action Aotearoa
  • Merdeka: West Papua Support Network
  • International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP)
  • West Papua Support Dunedin (Aotearoa New Zealand)
  • Rettet die Naturvölker e.V. - RdN (Friends of People Close to Nature)
  • Save America's Forests
  • Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines
  • Alliance for Future Generations – Fiji
  • Fridays For Future Scotland
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Comments

29/05/2023

Cathy Peters:

The Australian Greens support this Resolution