Addressee: Member States

Paragraph #30Session #8 (2009)

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The Permanent Forum urges States, with the effective participation of indigenous peoples, to address the concomitant loss of community citizenship and human rights when indigenous peoples are forced to migrate or are displaced by violent conflicts, with a particular emphasis on indigenous women.

Responses

Spain reports (E/C.19/2010/12/Add.9) that through the publication reported to the Permanent Forum, in 2009, entitled La ratificación del Convenio No. 169, Relexiones en torno
a sus implicaciones, the AECID Indigenous Programme has identified situations in which a country like Spain has a direct relationship with indigenous peoples. Notable among these is that resulting from the immigration to our country in recent
decades of indigenous persons, who need to be given the possibility of promoting and protecting their culture.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 8 (2009)

Area of Work

Human rights