Mission:

UJI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

Achievement:

Over the past four years, the UJI is growing from a small and inexperienced organization run on a shoe-string budget to a well-respected and professionally managed human rights organization. Its work is now covered and cited in various reports on human rights and religious freedom. At present UJI fact-finders are actively documenting human rights on Jumma Nation in Jummaland of Bangladesh as well as other Indigenous inhabited areas of India and Myanmar. UJI is also promoting human rights and democratic principle among the Indigenous people inside and outside of the Jummaland. With the supports of the human rights defenders around the world, the UJI has become a key human rights advocate locally and internationally for the support of the Jumma Indigenous Movement in Bangladesh as well as abroad.

UJI has a varied network of Indigenous members and supporters around the world. At the present account, more than 20 members and supporters in over 10 countries. Although they come from different Indigenous and religious backgrounds, but they are united by a determination to work for Jumma Nation in Jummaland, where everyone enjoys human rights.

UJI is a democratic, self-governing movement. Major policy decisions are taken by Cabinet Council headed by the Director. UJI’s cabinet sections are primarily responsible for funding the movement. No funds are sought or accepted from governments for UJI’s work investigating and campaigning against human rights violations.

Activities:

UJI works for Indigenous Nation rights in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns. UJI work closely with local Indigenous organizations and focus on Indigenous peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world. UJI believe that public opinion is the most effective force for change. The following are some of the UJI activities on their concern:

• Protection in cooperation with local NGO's and with some international human rights organizations;
• Provide Social service;
• Humanitarian Assistance;
• Provide technical assistance;
• Making assessment trip and producing reports about stateless Indigenous refugees in India;
• Provide a platform for Indigenous representatives to talk directly which are invading their land;
• Disseminate information to Indigenous peoples, using written word - telling them how other Indigenous peoples are faring and warning them about the threats posed by multinationals. In this way, UJI give them access to the information they need to make their voices heard.

Campaigns:

UJI runs worldwide campaigns to fight for Indigenous Nation. The outmost field is to use mass letter-writing campaigns. This campaigns are not only directed at governments, but also to companies, banks, extremist missionaries, narrow minded conservationists or anyone else who violates Indigenous peoples' rights. Letter writing- which generates thousands of protests - we use many other tactics: from vigils at embassies, to direct lobbying of those in positions of power; from putting cases at the United Nations, to advising on the drafting of international law; from informing Indigenous of their legal rights, to organizing headline-grabbing stunts. All our work is rooted in direct personal contact with hundreds of indigenous communities around the world.

Since its founding in 2003, UJI has been advocating in defense of human rights and democracy, and for restoration of civil and political rights for the Indigenous people and other ethnic nationalities in the countries. The organization has been trying to create international awareness of the Indigenous people’s situations through monitoring, documenting and advocacy at regional and international forum. The international campaign includes as:

• Participation at annual United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNCHR);
• Lobby mission at the Third Committee, United Nations General Assembly;
• Participation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UN PFIP);
• Participation at United Nations Working Groups on Indigenous Population (UNWGIP);
• Meeting with law makers and government agencies (is some countries such as US Department of State, US Congress, Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade etc.);
• Participation in local, regional and internationally organize workshop, seminar, symposium, conference and presenting issues covering human rights, political situation, refugee, forced labor, women rights and gender issues, environmental, etc.

Unique:

UJI is the organization, working for Indigenous peoples' rights. It is also the only one which makes use of public opinion and public action to secure long-term improvement for Indigenous peoples Movement. It is the organization in its field which refuses funding from national governments and depends on the public for its support - this ensures our freedom of action but also makes us stretch our scarce resources to the limit.

What you can do? : How you can help?
The United Jumma International depends on concerned people like you. Help UJI continue to play a lead role in protection and promotion of human rights and democratic principle among the Indigenous people.

Contact Address:

Director

United Jumma International
PO Box. 372, Forrest Street,

Kalgoorlie, WA6433, Australia

Mobile: 61-0431635936

E-mail: uji@presidency.com or uji@diplomats.com or bhante@reborn.com

Website: http://voiceofjummaland.googlepages.com

Actions:

• Write to your local MP, Congressman and Senator expressing your concern at reports of the persecution of the Indigenous people in Jummaland of Bangladesh, Myanmar and India.
• Write to Indian governments urging the authorities to ensure the safety and protection of all ethnic Indigenous who are living mostly in the North-Eastern Region of India.
• Urge to United Nation for Intervention in Jummaland and allow international human rights teams’ access to Bangladesh for proper investigation on human rights violation.
• Write to Myanmar governments urging the authorities to ensure the safety and protection of all ethnic Indigenous who are living mostly in the Arakan State of Myanmar.
• Write to Indian governments urging for granting all stateless Chakma and Hajong Indigenous peoples of Arunachal Pradesh, who migrated from Jummaland of Bangladesh in 1964.
• Write to Indian governments urging for creation of a centrally administered Union Territory for the Chakmas in Mizoram by upgrading the existing Chakma Autonomous District Council, which is created in 1972.
• Write to Indian governments urging for recognize Chakma script to introduce in the Primary school in the state of Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.