Indigenous rights of indigenous peoples

Conventions

Australian Treaty Series
International covenant on economic, social, and cultural rights (1976)

Convention on Biological Diversity
Traditional knowledge, innovations and practices
introduction. Artcile 8(j) convention on biodiversity (2004)

International Labor Organization (ILO)

• The forced labour convention 29 (1930)
• Indigenous and tribal populations convention 107 (1957)
• Indigenous and tribal peoples convention 169 (1989)
• The discrimination (Employment and occupation) 111 (1958)
• The convention on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour convention 182 (1999)

Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
International covenant on civil and political rights (1966)

Office of International Law (OAS)
American convention on human rights (1969)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) (1992)

 

Declarations

• Human rights council - United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (2006)
• ILO declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work (1998)
• United Nations draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, 1993-1994
• United Nations universal declaration of human rights (1948)

Economic and social development

• Declaration and position of indigenous peoples to the meeting of the APEC trade ministers
• Indigenous people’s plan of implementation on sustainable development

• Indigenous peoples’ Seattle declaration
• The international Cancun declaration of indigenous peoples
• Kimberly declaration

• Statement of the indigenous peoples interfaith dialogue on globalization and tourism

Education

The Coolangatta statement

Environment

• The Bonn declaration third international forum of indigenous peoples and local communities on climate change
• Dana declaration supports mobile indigenous peoples' promotion of new approach to conservation at the IUCN 5th world parks congress
• Declaration of the first international forum of indigenous peoples on climate change
• Declaration of the indigenous peoples at the international conference for renewable energies
• The Hague declaration of the second international forum of indigenous peoples and local communities on climate change
• Indigenous peoples' Caucus statement on climate change
• Indigenous peoples' declaration on extractive industries
• Indigenous peoples’ Kyoto water declaration
• Manukan declaration of the indigenous women's biodiversity network
• The Quito declaration
• United Outcry against mining greenwash
• Wendake action plan

Health

International indigenous women’s Caucus statement on health

Indigenous culture

• Collective statement of indigenous peoples on the protection of indigenous knowledge
• Corobici declaration expert meeting on traditional forest-related knowledge
• The Mataatua declaration on cultural and intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples

International declarations

• Beijing declaration of indigenous women
• Declaration of Atitlán
• Declaration of the global forum of indigenous peoples and the information society
• Report of the 2nd Asian indigenous women’s conference
• Indigenous peoples earth charter
• Indigenous peoples millennium conference statement
• International indigenous women’s forum
• International indigenous youth conference declaration
• Kari-Oca declaration
• Manila declaration of the international conference on conflict resolution, peace building, sustainable development and indigenous peoples
• Plan of action of the global forum of indigenous peoples and the information society
• Statement of indigenous nations, peoples and organizations
• Ukupseni declaration, Kuna Yala on the human genome diversity project

 

Multilaterals

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Indigenous peoples and rights based development: engaging in dialogue

European Union (EU)
Indigenous rights in commonwealth Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Indigenous peoples’rights to lands, territories and resources: selected international and domestic legal considerations

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Rights of indigenous peoples over natural resources in tropical forests

International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF)
Indigenous peoples rights are indigenous women’s rights

International Labor Organization (ILO)

• Assistance to indigenous and tribal peoples and to governments
• Indigenous peoples’ rights

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Regional initiative on indigenous peoples’ rights and development

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)

• Indigenous peoples, the UN and human rights
• The rights of indigenous peoples
• Day of general discussion on the rights of indigenous children

 

Bilaterals

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

The UN convention on the rights of the child

 

Research institutes and foundations

Amazon Alliance
The impacts of plan Colombia and aerial eradication on indigenous peoples of the Colombian Amazon

Development Gateway (DG)
Indigenous rights

Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education (Tebtebba)

• Indigenous peoples, human rights and poverty
• Indigenous peoples’ rights

 

Non-governmental organizations

Forest Peoples Programme

• Forest peoples programme: facing the challenge
• Universal rights or universe unto itself?
• A briefing on indigenous peoples’ rights and the United Nations human rights committee

International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF)
Respect for our rights

Survival International

• Da Beers wrong about Bushman evictions
• Indigenous issues
• Indigenous rights

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