All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples is a group in the UK Parliament, chaired by Martin Horwood MP, that was founded in 2007.^[1] Its stated aim is to "raise parliamentary and public awareness of tribal peoples". The Group meets two or three times a year and one of its main objectives is to press for ratification of ILO Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples.^[2]^[3] The British international indigenous rights organization Survival International works as its secretariat, and also funds occasional group receptions and events. APPG for Tribal Peoples is composed of over 30 cross-party MPs and peers, and it is headquartered in London.

Objectives

The constitution sets the aims for the APPG as:^[4]

To raise Parliamentary and public awareness of tribal peoples.
To promote action inside and outside of Parliament in support of tribal peoples.
To ensure that government does all it can to help threatened tribal peoples.

Members

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Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat

SNP

Michael Weir MP

Independent Labour

Clare Short MP

Speaker

John Bercow MP

References

^ Official Listing in the UK Parliament website
^ APPG for Tribal peoples website Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ MPs pressure government to sign tribal peoples’ law, Survival International
^ APPG for Tribal peoples website - Constitution

External links

APPG for Tribal Peoples - Official Website
Article on a meeting hosted by APPG for Tribal Peoples

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