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Addressee: Member States, Special Rapporteur on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that relevant States with indigenous peoples invite the Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples to undertake country visits. The Special Rapporteur should give priority to invitations from those countries where indigenous peoples have expressed concerns about their capacity to fully enjoy and freely exercise their human rights.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: OHCHR
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 10 (2011)
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The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues welcomes the proposal made by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the report on its third session, which encourages OHCHR to hold an international expert seminar on truth and reconciliation processes. This proposal of the Expert Mechanism recognizes the importance of national truth and reconciliation processes for improving relations between States and indigenous peoples and for facilitating strengthened recognition and implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, UNEP, FAO, IHP
Paragraph Number: 119
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that all United Nations agencies concerned with water, including UNESCO and the International Hydrological Programme, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, the United Nations Environment Programme and FAO, give full support to the planning, development and implementation of an indigenous world forum on water in order to give voice to the indigenous peoples’ perspective of protection and access to all sources of water and its sacred role in the indigenous context.
Area of Work: Environment
