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Paragraph Number: 122
Session: 4 (2005)
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The Forum expresses its appreciation to all those who contributed to the Trust Fund for the support of the Forum and calls upon Governments, intergovernmental organizations, foundations and non-governmental organizations to give generously to the Fund
Area of Work: Second Decade, Methods of Work
Addressee: Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants
Paragraph Number: 117
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants pay special attention to the vulnerability of urban and migrant indigenous persons.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Indigenous Parliamentarians
Paragraph Number: 142
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum encourages indigenous parliamentarians to organize a global satellite conference of indigenous representatives with the objective of analyzing as a whole the level of progress in the promotion, protection and exercise of the rights of indigenous peoples around the world within the framework of the seventh session of the Permanent Forum.
Area of Work: Human rights, Cooperation
Addressee: Member States, UN agencies
Paragraph Number: 18
Session: 11 (2012)
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The Forum recommends that African States, United Nations agencies and academic institutions undertake studies on the impact of the doctrine of discovery on indigenous peoples of Africa, with a view to creating understanding and awareness.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Patent Offices
Paragraph Number: 21
Session: 8 (2009)
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In October 2008, a Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility was established by under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The Committee is responsible for encouraging Finnish enterprises to follow all national and international regulations and standards. Also, the Committee will act as the National Contact Point for complaints concerning the inappropriate behaviour of the enterprises within the meaning of the OECD guidelines referred to above under Recommendation 15.
Area of Work: Human rights
Paragraph Number: 30
Session: 15 (2016)
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Taking into account the challenges faced by States in the implementation of their international obligation to consult with and obtain the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum commits itself to developing an international guide to facilitate the implementation of these principles in accordance with the standards established in the United Nations Declaration. The Forum invites the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to collaborate on this initiative.
Area of Work: Human rights, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Paragraph Number: 34
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations treaty bodies and mechanisms, as well as the universal periodic review process, scrutinize the reports and human rights records of States, so as to effectively address rights ritualism. This should include ensuring that States’ claims are systematically compared with the concerns raised by indigenous peoples and civil society.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: DPKO, Regional peacekeeping forces
Paragraph Number: 62
Session: 15 (2016)
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Owing to the particular vulnerability of indigenous peoples in conflict situations, the Permanent Forum recommends that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat and regional peacekeeping forces factor the protection of indigenous peoples into analysis, planning and guidance on the protection of civilians.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 4 (2005)
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The Forum recommends that Member States investigate the alarming rate of incarceration of indigenous women and communicate their findings to the Permanent Forum
Area of Work: Human Rights
Addressee: UNPFII
Paragraph Number: 32
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum appoints Mr. Michael Dodson, a member of the Forum, as a special rapporteur to prepare a draft guide, based on the relevant principles contained in the Declaration on the Rights of INdigenous Peoples, taking into account the provisions of ILO Convention 169 that relate to indigenous land tenure and management arrangements, to assist indigenous peoples, States and United Nations agencies in negotiating indigenous land tenure and management arrangements.
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Human Rights
Addressee: Private sector stakeholders
Paragraph Number: 16
Session: 20 (2021)
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Private sector stakeholders should, in the application of their guidelines and safeguard policies, ensure the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, as enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Respect for free, prior and informed consent is essential for enabling indigenous peoples to participate in and engage with private sector activities, including in forestry, agriculture, fishing and extractive industries.
Area of Work: Human rights
