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Addressee: OHCHR, SPFII, ILO, World Bank Group, UN agencies, UNCTs

Paragraph #20Session #10 (2011)

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OHCHR, the secretariat of the Permanent Forum, ILO, the World Bank Group and other relevant United Nations entities, including United Nations country teams, should focus on increasing the understanding of indigenous peoples’ underlying material rights to land and the need to give material rights priority over process rights. These agencies should undertake analytical work on how the intensity and exclusivity criteria that are commonly encompassed in domestic property rights systems could be understood in the context of international human rights standards related to indigenous property rights.

Responses

The Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section of OHCHR has prepared a compilation of international standards on land and indigenous peoples. This compilation, annexed to the report to the 11th UNPFII, aims at increasing the understanding of various stakeholders on lands, territories and resources. The Office has continued to advocate for the land rights of indigenous peoples across various fora. The issue of consultation and free, prior and informed consent with regards to extractive industries and development projects was specifically addressed in the High Commissioner’s 9 August 2011 media statement on the Day of the World’s Indigenous People.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 10 (2011)

Area of Work

Environment