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Addressee: Member States

Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum, taking into account the large number of incarcerated indigenous children and youth and the need to assist them in reintegrating into society as soon as possible through socio-educational measures, recommends that the Economic and Social Council urge Governments to ensure greater protection and humane treatment of those children and youth while in prison and youth detention centres, and to provide them with socio-educational measures for their rehabilitation.

Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
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Addressee: Member States, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Governments of Australia and New Zealand

Paragraph Number: 31
Session: 20 (2021)
Full Text:

Member States must urgently address violence against indigenous peoples, including State violence, gender-based violence, forced assimilation and forced child removals, discrimination in the justice system and other forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on gender, religion, disability, age and LGBTIQ identity. The Forum encourages the Expert Mechanism, at its earliest convenience, to engage with the Governments of Australia and New Zealand, and with the participation of indigenous peoples, regarding the removal of indigenous children.

Area of Work: Human rights, Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Children and Youth