04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly the right to an informed and intelligent participation in the formulation and implementation of any project, government or private, that will affect or impact upon the ancestral domains and to receive just and fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of the project; and the right to effective measures by the government to prevent any interference with, alienation and encroachment upon these rights;" c) Right to Stay in the Territories.-- The right to stay in the territory and not to be removed therefrom. No ICCs/IPs will be relocated without their free and prior informed consent, nor through any means other than eminent domain. x x x; d) Right in Case of Displacement.-- In case displacement occurs as a result of natural catastrophes, the State shall endeavor to resettle the displaced ICCs/IPs in suitable areas where they can have temporary life support systems: x x x; e) Right to Regulate the Entry of Migrants.-- Right to regulate the entry of migrant settlers and organizations into their domains; f) Right to Safe and Clean Air and Water.--For this purpose, the ICCs/IPs shall have access to integrated systems for the management of their inland waters and air space; g) Right to Claim Parts of Reservations.-- The right to claim parts of the ancestral domains which have been reserved for various purposes, except those reserved and intended for common and public welfare and service; h) Right to Resolve Conflict.-- Right to resolve land conflicts in accordance with customary laws of the area where the land is located, and only in default thereof shall the complaints be submitted to amicable settlement and to the Courts of Justice whenever necessary." Section 8 provides for the rights over ancestral lands: "Sec. 8. Rights to Ancestral Lands.-- The right of ownership and possession of the ICCs/IPs to their ancestral lands shall be recognized and protected. a) Right to transfer land/property.-- Such right shall include the right to transfer land or property rights to/among members of the same ICCs/IPs, subject to customary laws and traditions of the community concerned. b) Right to Redemption.-- In cases where it is shown that the transfer of land/property rights by virtue of any agreement or devise, to a nonmember of the concerned ICCs/IPs is tainted by the vitiated consent of the ICCs/IPs, or is transferred for an unconscionable consideration or price, the transferor ICC/IP shall have the right to redeem the same elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/36882 45/148

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