“indigenous peoples have the right to the restitution of their Lands, Territories and Resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used, and which have been confiscated, occupied, used or damaged without their free and informed consent. ….Article 27….Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

          

 

“Domination and colonization has not exclusively been practiced by white settlers and colonialist.  In Africa, dominant groups have also after independence suppressed marginalized groups, and it is this sort of present-day internal suppression within African states that the contemporary African indigenous movement seeks to address”,  page 65, paragraph 4…..Report of the  Working Group of Experts on Indigenous Populations/Communities

 

 

“Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort  to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law”. Preamble 3 of the, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Association For the Reconstruction and development of the moko-oh peoples  Cameroon (AFTRADEMOP)