RAIPON
| Ассоциация коренных малочисленных народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока Association of Small Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East |
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| founding | March 31, 1990 |
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Moscow Russia
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| main emphasis | for the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Russian north |
| Action space | Russian Federation |
| people | Grigory Ledkov (chairman), Pawel Suljandsiga , Sergei Khariuchi |
| Website | raipon.info |
The Association of indigenous small peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East (Russian Ассоциация Коренных Малочисленных Народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока Российской Федерации , English Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North , RAIPON ) is a non-governmental organization , working for the Advocates the rights of indigenous peoples in Russia .
Structures
The organization represents the interests of 41 small peoples. The highest body is the coordination council, which includes representatives of the various peoples. The chairman has been Grigori Ledkov from the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug since 2013 . The seat of the association is Moscow.
history
It was founded in 1989 at the first congress in the Moscow Kremlin . Representatives from all over Russia were able to report publicly and uncensored for the first time about the disastrous situation of their ethnic groups. The then President Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the participants .
The first chairman was the writer Vladimir Sangi from the Far Eastern peninsula Sakhalin . In 1993 he was replaced by Jeremej Ajpin, another writer, this time from the West Siberian Khanty people . However, Sangi did not accept his removal, so that the organization had to be re-established with a slightly changed name. Jeremej Ajpin did not look particularly happy as President of RAIPON and was therefore replaced in 1997 by the Nenets Sergej Khariuchi, who was last confirmed in office in April 2005 for a further four years.
In October 2012, the Russian Ministry of Justice issued a six-month ban on RAIPON because the organization allegedly failed to comply with requests to amend its statutes. The organization was threatened with dissolution. After international protests, the conditions were met at an extraordinary congress in January 2013. On March 13, the Ministry of Justice approved the continued existence of the organization.
At the end of March 2013, Grigori Ledkow from the autonomous Yamal-Nenets was elected as the new chairman in a controversial process at another congress in Salekhard after the internationally respected favorite Pawel Suljandsiga withdrew his candidacy. Ledkov is a State Duma deputy for the United Russia party .
activities
The organization is primarily involved in the field of legislation. The most important requirement is the implementation of documented land rights in the form of so-called territories for traditional nature use (Russian: Territorii tradizionnowo prirodopolsowanija / Территории традиционного природопользования ). RAIPON has been pursuing this concern practically since it was founded, but the government has been delaying the implementation of a corresponding law for years, which RAIPON President Karyuchi primarily blames on the oil lobby.
In 2001 a training center was created with the support of the Canadian Inuit Circumstances Conference . In 2004 the Batani Foundation was founded with the support of the Danish company LTK Consult.
Internationally, the organization is involved in the United Nations , in particular in the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Affairs and the Expert Mechanism for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the further development of indigenous rights. It has advisory status at the UN Economic and Social Council and is one of six indigenous Arctic organizations represented as a permanent participant in the Arctic Council .
rating
The role of representing the indigenous peoples of Russia is ambiguous. On the one hand, RAIPON is by far the most important representative of the ethnic groups of the north and as such does extensive work, both nationally and internationally. On the other hand, the traditional closeness to the state and government places tight limits on the organization's activities.
literature
- Rohr, Johannes: Adaptation and self-assertion. The indigenous peoples of northern Russia . In: Osteuropa 2-3 2011 (61st year), pp. 387–416
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Against the threatening ban RAIPON's infoe.de, January 24, 2013
- ^ RAIPON Congress: Directional decision in Salekhard Society for Threatened Peoples, March 25, 2015
- ↑ Barents Obeserver: Moscow staged RAIPON election thriller , April 4, 2013, reviewed January 7, 2014
- ↑ Центр содействия коренным малочисленным народам Севера (website)