AN ACT PROMOTING AND SAFEGUARDING COMMUNITY INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS (CIR) OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ATTEMPT TO MONETIZE AND APPROPRIATE THE BUTBUT KALINGA TRADITIONAL TATTOO KNOWN AS 'BATOK' WITHOUT THE FREE AND PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT OF THE BUTBUT TRIBE WITH THE END VIEW OF IDENTIFYING NECESSARY LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO THEIR COMMUNITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS