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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
Paragraph Number: 90
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and relevant special rapporteurs working in the field of human rights review the implementation of their recommendations and provide reports to the Permanent Forum at its seventh session regarding their interactions with relevant States and indigenous peoples and activate, with OHCHR, when necessary, United Nations inter-agency and inter-department early warning procedures and rapid response mechanisms.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States, Russian Federation, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Transcaucasia
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 11 (2012)
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The Permanent Forum urges the Governments of Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia regions to implement international standards and norms on the rights of indigenous peoples and ensure their rights to lands, territories and resources, in particular article 20 of the Declaration. This includes recognizing reindeer herders’ use and management of grazing land and use of necessary biological resources by hunters, fishers and foragers.
Area of Work: Human rights, Environment
Addressee: Intergovernmental organizations
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum appreciates the information provided by the Council of Europe on the ways in which indigenous issues have been addressed in that organization. The Forum recommends that other appropriate regional intergovernmental organizations provide it with information on the ways in which indigenous issues have been addressed in their respective mechanisms for the protection of human rights and invites them to establish contacts with the Forum and to extend their experience with other regions.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Commission on Human Rights
Paragraph Number: 90
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum welcomes and supports Commission on Human Rights decision 2003/117 of 24 April 2003 to hold a seminar on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between indigenous peoples and States, as a follow-up to the United Nations treaty study final report.
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/20.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Governments of Canada and the United States
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum urges the Governments of Canada and the United States to work in good faith with indigenous peoples for the unqualified endorsement and full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and urges that such endorsement and implementation honour the spirit and intent of the Declaration, consistent with indigenous peoples’ human rights.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: FAO
Paragraph Number: 90
Session: 18 (2019)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the results of the 2018 High-level Expert Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems, in particular the creation of an online global hub on indigenous food systems, and would like to recommend that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continue work on: (a) Indigenous young people towards the creation of a forum on indigenous young people in the coming years; (b) Indigenous food systems, in particular in relation to the links with traditional knowledge, climate change and the respect of indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, territories and resources; (c) Indigenous women (the global campaign on indigenous women and the leadership and food security schools for indigenous women).
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, Human Rights
Addressee: ILO Conference Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 8 (2009)
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In this connection, and in respect of articles 41 and 42 of the Declaration, the Permanent Forum trusts that, at its ninety-eighth session, in 2009, the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference will pay due attention to the cases of violation of ILO Convention No. 169, which have been signalled by the Committee of Experts, in the light of the Declaration, and urges States to respond promptly to the reports of the Committee of Experts.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: ILO Committee of Experts
Paragraph Number: 90
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum takes note of the 2009 report of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, particularly the general observation, and the nine individual observations on implementation of ILO Convention No. 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples. The Forum welcomes the increased attention paid by the Committee to ILO Convention No. 169 and calls upon the Committee to fully incorporate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in its individual observations as a source of interpretation of the Convention.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 92
Session: 7 (2008)
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The Permanent Forum urges all States, when addressing situations of violence and abuse within indigenous communities, to do so on a non-discriminatory basis and consistent with human rights standards, the principle of free, prior and informed consent, and the full and effective participation of the indigenous peoples concerned.ries, sacred sites and indigenous peoples’ conservation activities.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 90
Session: 7 (2008)
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The Permanent Forum reiterates its concern about information brought to its attention on continuing violations of human rights of indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, and calls upon all States to fully implement their obligations under the international human rights and humanitarian instruments. The Forum reiterates its call on States to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples constitutionally and legally, to strengthen their institutions for the promotion and protection of the human rights of indigenous peoples and to enhance awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts for government officials.
Area of Work: Human rights
