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Addressee: UNICEF
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The Permanent Forum supports the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its current effort to draft a general comment on the status of indigenous children worldwide, supports the Committee’s effort to secure broad input from indigenous peoples and encourages wide dissemination of the final report to indigenous peoples, States and United Nations bodies and agencies.
Responses
OHCHR reports that the Committee on the Rights of the Child is currently preparing a final draft. The subgroup on indigenous children and youth, which is composed of NGOs and has more than 40 members from all continents, participated in that process. The sole aim of the subgroup is to study the rights of indigenous children, and indigenous peoples’ organizations take an active part in its work. Drafting the general comment is an open process, and interested individuals and institutions may contact the subgroup directly to request or provide information. OHCHR will provide relevant details to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its seventh session.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 5 (2006)
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