are at a serious disadvantage like indigenous peoples. For this reason it prayed that the petition against IPRA be dismissed. The Supreme Court ruled as such.4 8. CHRP's work to ensure that UNDRIP and IPRA, in particular, are implemented rests not only on its activities as the independent monitor of government's acts and omissions that directly and indirectly impact onthe IPs' human rights, but also on its mandate to provide appropriate legal measures for the protection of human rights of all persons within the Philippines. While CHRP has no power to restrain acts or to command certain acts to be done, it can file in behalf of the parties in interest the necessary legal remedy, such as an application for temporary restraining order or writ of prohibitive or mandatory injunction with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples or the regular courts to ensure that IP rights are protected. 9. Notably, no less than the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) recognized the practices of CHRP in their joint 2013 publication titled “The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions,”5 as follows: 9.1 The bilateral project between CHRP and the New Zealand Human Rights Commission that ran from 2006 to 2010, aimed at building the capacities of indigenous communities in the Philippines to identify, investigate, verify, document and monitor human rights violations affecting their own communities. The project used a human rights community development approach to address priorities for indigenous communities, by focusing on developing the skills and knowledge of indigenous peoples to enable them to act as agents of change for their own communities. The Declaration and ILO Convention No. 169 provided the human rights framework. The project focused on the Higaonon Tribe of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur. The selected community partners include: The Kankana-ey of Kibungan, Benguet, represented by Mr. Bobby Wayan and Mr. Bernard Paleng-awan: The Kankana-ey people are a predominantly agricultural community living in an area high within the Cordilleras, which is difficult to access due to the lack of paved roads. They have been the subject of a previous pilot study a few years ago under the Metagora programme, which focused on indigenous people’s rights to ancestral lands. Another selected community is the Higaonon of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, represented by Datu Ducu Aquilino Lidanhog and Datu Sakili Agapito Lidanhog. The Higaonon are one of the earliest settlers on the western side of the Agusan River. Their culture is steeped in tradition, employing a Datu system and their own code of conduct. The third and last community selected is the Sama Dilaut, more commonly known as the Badjau of Sulu, Basilan and Zamboanga, represented by Mr. Buhali A. Adjilani and Mr. Anthony Penafiel. The Badjau are a boat-dwelling people with ties to the ancient sea-faring tribes of Southeast Asia.6 9.2 The CHRP resolution (CHR IV No. A2011-004) on the case of displacement of residents at Brgy. Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Viscaya finding human rights violations committed by both state and non-state actors, particularly the mining company Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. The said resolution was issued on January 10, 2011. 4 Isagani Cruz and Cesar Europa vs. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, et al. G.R. No. 135385, December 6, 2000. http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2000/dec2000/135385.htm (accessed Dec. 19, 2016) 5 Found in http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/IPeoples/UNDRIPManualForNHRIs.pdf (accessed Dec. 19, 2016) 6 Reference: http://nhri.ohchr.org/EN/Themes/IndigenousPeoples/DocumentsPage/HRC_Building_Human_Rights_Communities-%20 PHIL-NZ%20joint%20project.pdf (accessed Dec. 19, 2016)