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Addressee: African States, African Union and intergovernmental agencies
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The Permanent Forum encourages the African Governments and the intergovernmental agencies to intensify dialogue among themselves under the supervision of the African Union, more precisely within the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, with special emphasis on poverty eradication based on the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples.
Responses
ILO: The International Labour Organization will be undertaking a collaborative project with the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission for Human and Peoples Rights to conduct research on legislative and constitutional provisions and their implementation in a series of African countres. A project steering committee has been created to manage the collaboration between the ACHPR, PRO 169 and implementing institutions. The main outcome of the research will be a comprehensive document and database of relevant African legislation to be disseminated to and used by all actors engaged in the promotion and protection of indigenous and tribal peoples' rights in Africa. Please see ILO's report to the fifth session E/C.19/2006/6 for more details. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) invited commissioners from the African Union's African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Chair and Expert Members of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities to each of the two regional trainings in Africa. The purpose was to engage in dialogue within indigenous representatives from Africa on the mandate and activities of the Commission and the Working Group, as well as to discuss how best to interact with these regional mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. Please see E/C.19/2006/CRP2 (English only).
Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)
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