AIPP • TUS Network & Alliance

Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation

AIPP is a regional Indigenous Peoples organization founded in 1992. TUS became an AIPP member in 2008 and remains listed among AIPP’s Bangladesh member organizations. TUS has also participated in AIPP-linked Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders initiatives, and TUS Executive Director Ripan Chakma currently represents TUS on AIPP’s Executive Council for South Asia.

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About the network

The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), also referred to in some formal contexts as the Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation, is a regional Indigenous Peoples organization founded in 1992 and headquartered in Chiang Mai, Thailand. AIPP brings together Indigenous Peoples organizations and networks across Asia to strengthen solidarity, organizational capacity, rights awareness, Indigenous knowledge, sustainable resource management, women and youth participation, human-rights engagement and regional/international cooperation. TUS has a documented long-term relationship with AIPP. AIPP’s 2008 Annual Report records Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha as one of nine organizations admitted as new members at the General Assembly, making 2008 the documented year of TUS’s AIPP membership. AIPP’s current Bangladesh members page continues to list TUS as a member organization. AIPP also lists TUS among Bangladesh organizations connected to the Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network (IPHRD). In 2020, AIPP reported that TUS organized a district-level workshop in Bangladesh under the Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia (IKPA) initiative, supporting Indigenous communities to discuss and document Indigenous Knowledge. TUS has also contributed to AIPP member and partner processes, including collective regional submissions and network activities. At present, Ripan Chakma of Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha is listed on AIPP’s Executive Council under South Asia, providing a current institutional link between TUS and AIPP’s regional governance structure.

TUS in AIPP

Official AIPP pages that directly document TUS participation and representation.

Executive Council Ripan Chakma — AIPP Executive Council, South Asia

Official AIPP Executive Council listing: Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha, Bangladesh

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Regional Network TUS in the Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network

AIPP features Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha under Bangladesh in its IPHRD regional network

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Key focus areas

Indigenous Peoples rights and human rightsIndigenous knowledge and cultural identityLand, territories and natural resource governanceEnvironment, biodiversity and climate resilienceIndigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders (IPHRD)Regional movement building and solidarityCapacity building and organizational strengtheningWomen and youth participationCommunity-based monitoring and Indigenous NavigatorRegional and international networking and advocacy

Network at a glance

AIPP founded1992

TUS joined AIPP2008

AIPP membership46 organizations in 14 Asian countries

TUS current representationAIPP Executive Council — South Asia

Established1992

Geographic focusAsia — 46 member organizations across 14 countries

Programme originRegional Indigenous Peoples movement; TUS admitted as an AIPP member in 2008

TUS relationship

TUS is an official AIPP member organization in Bangladesh; Ripan Chakma of TUS currently serves on the AIPP Executive Council for South Asia