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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 11
Session: 17 (2018)
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The Permanent Forum emphasizes that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is not possible without fulfilling the rights of indigenous peoples to lands, territories and resources. The Forum thus calls upon States to include the recognition of customary rights or tenure of indigenous peoples to their lands and resources under target 3 of Sustainable Development Goal 2, which calls for secure and equal access to land.
Area of Work: Lands and Resources, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum calls upon Governments to establish permanent, open and inclusive mechanisms for consultation, participation and representation of indigenous peoples in local, regional, national and international processes and bodies relating to the Sustainable Development Goals. It also calls upon Governments to allocate adequate resources towards implementation of plans that include indigenous peoples, as well as to ensure data disaggregation on the basis of indigenous identifiers.
Area of Work: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Data Collection and Indicators
Addressee: Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG
Paragraph Number: 11
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators engage with indigenous peoples in developing key indicators relating to indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, territories and resources, traditional knowledge, free, prior and informed consent, empowerment of indigenous women, access to justice and special measures addressing the particular circumstances of indigenous peoples regarding relevant poverty, health, education and socioeconomic development targets of the 17 goals.
Area of Work: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
