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Addressee: ILO Committee of Experts, UNPFII
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that an appropriate form of coordination should be explored between the Committee of Experts and the Forum regarding the implementation of ILO Convention No. 169. The Permanent Forum reiterates the need for a mechanism of coordination to also be established between the ILO supervisory mechanisms and indigenous peoples, which may include the establishment of an ad hoc committee consisting of indigenous representatives or experts.
Area of Work: Human rights
Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum recommends that all human rights treaty bodies and other human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the treaty monitoring mechanisms of ILO pay special attention to the human rights of indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women, in the discharge of their mandates. The Forum also encourages indigenous women’s organizations and other organizations working in this area to enhance their cooperation and contacts with these mechanisms.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States, Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia, Transcaucasia
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 11 (2012)
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The Permanent Forum notes that indigenous youth in the region are often forced to leave their home and lands to receive an education, which can pose an obstacle to the right to education. The Permanent Forum urges States in Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia to take measures to ensure the enjoyment of the right to education by indigenous youth. The Permanent Forum encourages States of the region to facilitate the development of indigenous peoples’ self-administration, the development of their inner potential and human resources, forming parliaments following the example of the Sami people; and decent representation of the small-numbered indigenous peoples in the bodies of legislative and executive power on all levels.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, Human Rights
Addressee: Member States, Chile
Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum reiterates the importance of the legal recognition of
indigenous peoples within national constitutions. The Permanent Forum takes note of
the position expressed by the Government of Chile on the recognition of indigenous
peoples. The Permanent Forum invites Chile to provide an update on progress at the
twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum, to be held in 2023. Furthermore, the
Permanent Forum supports the call from indigenous peoples of Australia at the
meeting held in Uluru in 2017 for a process on the three core components of the Uluru
Statement from the Heart – “Voice, Treaty and Truth” – and constitutional recognition
of indigenous rights consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Human Rights Council
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Human Rights Council consider the development of a framework for the implementation of article 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as adopted by the Human Rights Council, to assess implementation of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples in all regions of the world.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Edward John, Dalee Sambo Dorough
Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum appoints Edward John and Dalee Sambo Dorough to conduct a study on how States exploit weak procedural rules in international organizations to devalue the United Nations Declaration and other international human rights law.
Area of Work: Human rights, Methods of Work
Addressee: OHCHR
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum reiterates the recommendations contained in paragraph 24 of its report on the first session, namely, it recommends that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights organize activities with indigenous peoples in Africa and Asia with a view to: (a) Providing international and regional human rights training for indigenous peoples; (b) Encouraging dialogue between States, indigenous peoples and others on the concept of indigenous peoples in the context of the promotion and protection of cultural diversity; (c) Inviting inter-agency consultation with States and indigenous peoples at the national and subregional levels and to report to the Forum at its third session.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum requests Member States to establish specific mechanisms at the national level in order to open and sustain dialogue between indigenous peoples and Governments to review the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the recommendations of the Forum. The Forum requests United Nations agencies at the national level to facilitate such dialogue and that corresponding national mechanisms be established.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: United Nations agencies and other bodies
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum encourages United Nations agencies and other bodies to offer training programmes for Canadian and national parliamentarians and United States members of Congress, and staff within national institutions such as human rights commissions and other agencies, with the aim of integrating the spirit and intent of the Declaration into national policies.
Area of Work: Human rights
Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that, during its June 2010 session, the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference follow up on the serious situations of violations of ILO Convention C169 mentioned in the relevant previous observations of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, as well as its own 2009 conclusions regarding the implementation of the Convention.
Area of Work: Human rights
