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Addressee: United States
Paragraph Number: 23
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum calls upon the Government of the United States of America to comply with the provisions recognized in the Declaration and to ensure the rights of the Great Sioux Nation to participate in decision-making, as set out in article 19 of the Declaration, given that the construction of the Dakota access pipeline will affect their rights, lives and territory. Furthermore, the Forum recommends that the Government of the United States initiate an investigation of alleged human rights abuses by private security and law enforcement officers that occurred during protests to prevent construction of the pipeline.
Area of Work: Human rights
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination elaborate a general comment on discrimination in housing, taking into account the situation of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 64
Session: 15 (2016)
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The religious, spiritual and cultural sites of indigenous peoples, including the Ktunaxa Nation in Canada, the Aboriginal people of Australia, the Maya of Guatemala and the Amazigh peoples, continue to face destruction. This has profoundly negative impacts on indigenous peoples, including affecting their sacred practices. Consistent with articles 11, 12, 13, 19, 25, 31 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration and paragraphs 20 and 27 of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Permanent Forum recommends that, in their national action plans, strategies and other measures, States:
(a) Take effective measures to ensure that indigenous peoples’ spiritual and cultural sites are protected;
(b) Ensure that, consistent with article 32 of the United Nations Declaration, indigenous peoples are not forced to defend these rights against proposed development projects or through litigation in courts;
(c) Actively resolve disputes directly with indigenous peoples, consistent with article 19 of the United Nations Declaration, given that these rights constitute critical elements of the survival, dignity and well-being of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Culture, Human Rights
Addressee: UN country teams
Paragraph Number: 24
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that staff in country offices as well as those who work on specific countries from their own headquarters ensure the full participation of indigenous peoples in conducting evaluations under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, as recommended in the 2004 framework.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 63
Session: 15 (2016)
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The Permanent Forum is concerned at the lack of implementation of its previous recommendations that States implement the agreements reached in peace accords, and encourages States to engage in constructive dialogue with indigenous peoples, including the Maya, Garifuna, Xinka, Jumma, Kanak, Naga, Chin, Amazigh, Tuareg and Maohis peoples, and provide information to the Forum at its sixteenth session on the status of the agreements. In accordance with articles 3, 4, 5, 18 and 27 of the United Nations Declaration, the Forum urges the States concerned to engage in implementation with the full participation of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights, Economic and Social Development
Paragraph Number: 152
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on business and human rights and the United Nations Global Compact unite their efforts in cooperation with the Forum, engaging with the private sector on issues related to indigenous peoples, including the promotion of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its implementation.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Human Rights Committee
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Human Rights Council update and complete the United Nations study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous populations, including the possible appointment of a rapporteur to carry out this task and to provide regular reports to the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Forum and other appropriate bodies.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member states
Paragraph Number: 64
Session: 20 (2021)
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Furthermore, States should strengthen measures, systems and resources to effectively address all forms of violence against indigenous women, such as female genital mutilation; child marriage; sexual abuse; forced labour; modern slavery; domestic, institutional and political violence, including in the context of forced displacement; sexual exploitation; trafficking; armed conflict; and the militarization of indigenous lands and territories.
Area of Work: Human Rights, Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UNPFII
Paragraph Number: 57
Session: 10 (2011)
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The Permanent Forum has decided to appoint Saul Vicente Vásquez, a member of the Forum, to conduct a study on extractive industries in Mexico and the situation of indigenous peoples in the territories in which these industries are located.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 151
Session: 7 (2008)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that States include representatives of indigenous peoples in the national consultation process for the preparation of national reports to be submitted to the Human Rights Council for universal periodic review.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: OAS
Paragraph Number: 27
Session: 20 (2021)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Organization of American States establish a consultation mechanism, composed of experts from indigenous peoples, as part of the effort to ensure national implementation of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Human Rights
Addressee: Commission on Human Rights
Paragraph Number: 89
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum welcomes and supports the decision of the Commission on Human Rights as contained in paragraph 11 of its resolution 2003/56 of 24 April 2003 to hold a seminar on the administration of justice.
Area of Work: Human rights
