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UN human rights mechanisms

UN human rights mechanisms

IMADR has been monitoring the UN processes on the protection and promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights through its office in Geneva and partner organizations engaged in indigenous peoples’ rights, including the American Indian Law Alliance and the Ainu Association of Hokkaido. IMADR has taken part in sessions of the UN Working Group on the Draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Working Group on Indigenous Populations, and works amidst the ongoing UN reform process to ensure that indigenous peoples continue to have a voice at the UN.

The Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York on September 13, 2007. The Declaration has been developed over the last 20 years and was adopted by the UN Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in 1994, and the Human Rights Council in 2006.

　

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  • Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September
    2007.10.05

    • The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September 2007 after more than two decades of negotiations between governments and indigenous peoples' representatives. The Declaration was approved by a vote of 144 states in favor with 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) and 11 abstentions.

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It is the result of many years of discussion and negotiation among the state members of the Human Rights Commission, with the active participation of representatives of the world's indigenous peoples, as the minimum standard required for the recognition and protection of indigenous peoples' rights internationally, addressing the historical injustice and continuing discrimination in terms of language, education, self-government, cultural expression, lands, resources and treaty rights.