REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION’S WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS/COMMUNITIES RESEARCH AND INFORMATION VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI 27 March - 9 April 2005 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights took note of this report at its 38th Ordinary Session, 21 November - 5 December 2005 2007 AFRICAN COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL ON HUMAN AND WORK GROUP FOR PEOPLES’ RIGHTS INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION’S WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS/COMMUNITIES: RESEARCH AND INFORMATION VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, MARCH - APRIL 2005 © Copyright: ACHPR and IWGIA Typesetting: Uldahl Graphix, Copenhagen, Denmark Prepress and Print: Eks/Skolens Trykkeri, Copenhagen, Denmark ISBN: 9788791563300 Distribution in North America: Transaction Publishers 390 Campus Drive / Somerset, New Jersey 08873 www.transactionpub.com African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ( ACHPR) Kairaba Avenue - P.O.Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia Tel: +220 4377 721/4377 723 - Fax: +220 4390 764
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[email protected] - www.iwgia.org This report has been produced with financial support from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 6 PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................................