IMADR is involved in various activities for upholding the rights of indigenous peoples. These are targeted at empowering people at the grassroots level through community-level activities. In Guatemala, IMADR has been working with the youth movement to empower indigenous Mayan communities so they can actively participate in the peace process. Through the regional committees, IMADR has supported the hosting of workshops on constructive conflict resolution for the Colla and Mapuche indigenous communities of Argentina and the work of the Vedda community in Sri Lanka.
IMADR has also followed closely developments regarding the recently-adopted Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2007), taking part in sessions of the UN Working Group on the Draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Working Group on Indigenous Peoples.
IMADR works closely with minority groups amidst the ongoing UN reform process to ensure that indigenous peoples continue to have a voice at the UN.
