Rights of indigenous peoples - definitions, standards and mechanisms

expand all
collapse all

Websites/Multiple Documents

Description: "The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its 61st session at UN Headquarters in New York City on 13 September 2007. While as a General Assembly Declaration it is not a legally binding instrument under international law[citation needed], according to a UN press release, it does "represent the dynamic development of international legal norms and it reflects the commitment of the UN?s member states to move in certain directions"; the UN describes it as setting "an important standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples that will undoubtedly be a significant tool towards eliminating human rights violations against the planet?s 370 million indigenous people and assisting them in combating discrimination and marginalisation."..."
Source/publisher: Wikipedia
2007-09-13
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-16
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
more
Description: 14,400,000 results (September 2015)
Source/publisher: Google
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-16
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
more
Description: "The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights..."
Source/publisher: United Nations
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-16
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English (available also in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish)
more
expand all
collapse all

Individual Documents

Description: "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.67 and Add.1)] 61/295. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The General Assembly, Taking note of the recommendation of the Human Rights Coun- cil contained in its resolution 1/2 of 29 June 2006, 1 by which the Council adopted the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Recalling its resolution 61/178 of 20 December 2006, by which it decided to defer consideration of and action on the Declaration to allow time for further consultations thereon, and also decided to conclude its consideration before the end of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as contained in the annex to the present resolution. 107th plenary meeting 13 September 2007 ..."
Source/publisher: United Nations
2007-09-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-10-14
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
more
Description: "Convention No.169 is a legally binding international instrument open to ratification, which deals specifically with the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples. Today, it has been ratified by 20 countries. Once it ratifies the Convention, a country has one year to align legislation, policies and programmes to the Convention before it becomes legally binding. Countries that have ratified the Convention are subject to supervision with regards to its implementation..."
Source/publisher: International Labour Organisation
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English (also available in Arabic, French, German, Russian, Spanish
more