13 44. The Lower Marowijne Peoples have also written complaints to the Minister and agency responsible for issuing land titles. Specifically, they sent a letter to the Commission on Lands Office in December 2004 complaining about the issuance of individual land titles to nonindigenous persons within the traditional territory of the Lower Marowijne Peoples.47 In May 2006, a second letter was sent, this time to the Minister responsible for issuing land titles, regarding the same issue and also addressing the granting of mining concessions within the traditional territory of the Lower Marowijne Peoples.48 The State did not respond to these requests.49 45. Given the absence of other alternatives, the Lower Marowijne Peoples have also engaged in social protest actions. In 1976, they organized a 142-kilometer long “land rights” march from the town of Albina to the capital city of Paramaribo to protest against violations of their rights in connection with the Galibi Nature Reserve and the forced sub-division and allotment of the villages of Erowarte, Wan Shi Sha, Tapuku, and Pierrekondre.50 In connection with the march, the Commission on Entitlements to Land in the Interior, a State agency, expressed that indigenous peoples had no rights to land and therefore no right to object.51 46. The alleged victims also pursued available legal actions. Between 1975 and 1976, they filed three cases in domestic courts with the now defunct Association of Indigenous Peoples, arguing that the State had an obligation to recognize indigenous peoples’ property rights.52 All three cases were dismissed as lacking legal merit.53 47. After the 1980 military coup and the Interior War that ended in 1992, the Lower Marowijne Peoples sought to have their rights recognized by the new government. In 1995 and 1996, the traditional authorities of indigenous peoples and Maroons convened meetings to agree on and present a joint position to the State demanding recognition of their property and other rights. 54 In response, the State established the Commission on State Lands and Indigenous Peoples and Maroons, with a mandate to provide proposals and recommendations to the State to resolve this issue. However, that Commission was later dissolved without issuing a final report.55 48. In 2002, the Lower Marowijne Peoples submitted a map of their territories to the State, and in 2003 they requested that a negotiation team be established to resolve their land rights concerns.56 In 2006, the State created the Commission on Land Rights, tasked with investigating 47 Annex 11. Petition, para. 36. Annex C1, Letter of complaint filed by petitioners to the Commission of Land Rights, December 2004. 48 Annex 15. Petition, para. 36. Annex C2, Request filed by petitioners to The Minister of Spatial Planning, land and Forest Policy, May 22, 2006. 49 Annex 6. Petition, para. 36. 50 Annex 6. Petition, para. 61. 51 Annex 6. Petition, para. 61. 52 Annex 6. Petition, para. 60. These cases were styled Case No. 165, Association of Indigenous People v Suriname, 17 March 1975; Association of Indigenous People v Suriname, A.R. No. 754180, 26 September 1975; and Association of Indigenous People v Suriname, A.R. No. 753160, 13 January 1976. 53 Annex 6. Petition, para. 60. 54 Annex 6. Petition, para. 64. 55 Annex 6. Petition, para. 64. 56 Annex 6. Petition, para. 65.