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Addressee: World Bank

Paragraph Number: 60
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the World Bank, in consultation with the Forum and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, examine the involuntary resettlement of indigenous peoples in connection with projects financed by the Bank and submit a report thereon in 2014.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
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Addressee: IFIs

Paragraph Number: 54
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:

The Permanent Forum recommends that international financial institutions unequivocally acknowledge the collective right of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources in their safeguard policies and in all development project contexts (not merely in exceptional circumstances). Banks should not support any projects that affect indigenous peoples without prior recognition of and effective guarantees for their collective rights to own, control and manage their lands, territories and resources.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development