Welcome to the United Nations
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2
Addressee: Member States, IPOs
Paragraph Number: 96
Session: 6 (2007)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum calls upon all States that have ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to develop, at national level, in partnership with indigenous peoples, benchmarks, timelines and indicators to measure progressive realization of indigenous human rights. Furthermore, the Permanent Forum supports the efforts to elaborate an optional protocol to allow for the submission of complaints under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Donor Agencies, UN Systems, UN Country Teams
Paragraph Number: 101
Session: 6 (2007)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations country teams in Asian countries with indigenous populations, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, formulate a matrix of indicators, benchmarks and milestones to assess the outcomes and results of their policies and programmes relevant to indigenous peoples. Furthermore, the Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations agencies and donor agencies expand their funding and technical assistance to support capacity-building of Asian indigenous peoples’ organizations.
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Data Collection and Indicators
