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Reports and Documents
SG Reports:
GA70 SG Report: Progress made in the implementation of the outcome document of the WCIP
Resolutions:
General Assembly Resolutions
A/RES/70/232 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2015
A/RES/69/159 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2014)
A/RES/68/149 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2013)
RA/ES/67/153 Rights of indigenous peoples (20 December 2012)
Press release: GA/SHC/4063A/RES/66/296 Organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (17 September 2012)
Press release: GA/11283.
Adopted without vote.A/RES/66/142 Rights of indigenous peoples (19 December 2011)
Press release: GA/11198
Adopted without vote.A/RES/65/198 Indigenous Issues (21 December 2010)
Press release: GA/11041
Adopted without vote.A/RES/63/161 Indigenous Issues (18 December 2008)
Press release: GA/10801
Adopted without voteA/RES/61/295 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (13 September 2007)
Press release: GA/10612
Yes: 143, No: 4, Abstentions: 11, Non-Voting: 34, Total voting membership: 192 A/RES/60/142 Programme of Action for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (16 December 2005)
Press release: GA/10437
Adopted without voteA/RES/59/174 Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (20 December 2004)
Press release: GA/10321
Adopted without voteA/RES/58/158 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (22 December 2003)
Press release: GA/10223
Adopted without voteA/RES/57/193 Indigenous people and issues (18 December 2002)
A/RES/57/192 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
A/RES/57/191 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Press release: GA/10124 +Corr.1
All three adopted without voteA/RES/56/140 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Press release: GA/10001
Adopted without vote.A/RES/55/80 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Press release: GA/9842
Adopted without vote.A/RES/54/150 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Press release: GA/9690
Adopted without vote.A/RES/53/130 UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
A/RES/53/129 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Press release: GA/9532
Adopted without vote.A/RES/52/108 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Press release: GA/9380
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/51/78 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/50/157 Programme of activities for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
A/RES/50/156 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/49/214 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/48/163 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/47/75 International Year for the World’s Indigenous People, 1993
Adopted without a vote.A/RES/46/128 International Year for the World’s Indigenous People
ECOSOC Resolutions
E/2000/22 Establishment of a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (p. 50-52)
Expert Group Meetings (EGM) Reports:
9-20 May
15th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNHQ)
22-23 October 2015
Expert Group Meetings on Indigenous Peoples and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
Forum Members Reports:
13th Session (2014)
| E/C.19/2014/2 Study to examine challenges in the African region to protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Paul Kanyinke Sena |
| E/C.19/2014/3 Study on the impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery on indigenous peoples, including mechanisms, processes and instruments of redress AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Edward John |
| E/C.19/2014/4 Study on best practices and examples in respect of resolving land disputes and land claims, including consideration of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (Philippines) and the Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Bangladesh) and the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Raja Devasish Roy, Simon William M’Viboudoulou |
| E/C.19/2014/5 Report on the living conditions of indigenous children and adolescents in Mesoamerica and compliance with their rights AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Alvaro Pop, Myrna Cunningham |
| E/C.19/2014/6 Examination of the situation of indigenous peoples and their participation in democracies and electoral processes in Latin America under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Alvaro Pop |
| E/C.19/2014/7 Study on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples focusing on a voluntary mechanism AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Dalee Sambo Dorough, Megan Davis |
12th Session (2013)
Report of the Twelfth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
| E/C.19/2013/5 Study on resilience, traditional knowledge and capacity-building for pastoralist communities in Africa AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Paul Kanyinke Sena |
| E/C.19/2013/6 Study on the situation of indigenous persons with disabilities, with a particular focus on challenges faced with respect to the full enjoyment of human rights and inclusion in development AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Myrna Cunningham, Paul Kanyinke Sena |
| E/C.19/2013/7 Indigenous People’s Rights and Safeguards in Projects related to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Myrna Cunningham, Paul Kanyinke Sena, Bertie Xavier |
| E/C.19/2013/8 Study on the Right to participation in decision-making processes of indigenous youth in the Nordic countries AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Eva Biaudet |
| E/C.19/2013/9 Study on the extent of violence against indigenous women and girls in terms of article 22 (2) of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Eva Biaudet, Megan Davis, Helen Kaljulate, Valmaine Toki |
| E/C.19/2013/10 Study on indigenous women’s political participation at the international, national and local levels AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Myrna Cunningham and Paul Kanyinke Sena |
| E/C.19/2013/11 Study on the extractive industries in Mexico and the situation of indigenous peoples in the territories in which those industries are located AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Saul Vicente Vasquez |
| E/C.19/2013/12 Study on decolonization of the Pacific region AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Valmaine Toki |
| E/C.19/2013/13 Study on the rights of indigenous peoples and truth commissions and other truth-seeking mechanisms on the American continent AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Edward John, Myrna Cunningham, Alvaro Pop |
| E/C.19/2013/14 Study on engaging indigenous peoples more inclusively in the process of disaster risk reduction by respecting linguistic and cultural practices of indigenous peoples known to be at risk AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Paimaneh Hasteh, Myrna Cunningham |
| E/C.19/2013/15 Review of the World Bank operational policies, to analyze participation mechanisms on indigenous peoples and determine to what extent those policies respect the UN Declaration AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Eva Biaudet |
| E/C.19/2013/16 Consolidated report on extractive industries and their impact on indigenous peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Saul Vicente Vasquez |
| E/C.19/2013/17 Study on how the knowledge, history and contemporary social circumstances of indigenous peoples are embedded in the curricula of education systems AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Myrna Cunningham, Alvaro Pop |
| E/C.19/2013/18 A Study on National Constitutions and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Megan Davis, Simon William M’Viboudoulou, Valmaine Toki, Paul Kanyinke Sena, Edward John, Álvaro Esteban Pop Ac, Raja Devasish Roy |
| E/C.19/2013/20 Study on the impact of the mining boom upon indigenous communities in Australia AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Megan Davis |
11th Session (2012)
Report of the Eleventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
| E/C.19/2012/3 An analysis on the duty of the State to protect indigenous peoples affected by transnational corporations and other business enterprises AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Paimaneh Hasteh |
| E/C.19/2012/4 Study on the Impacts of land use change and climate change on indigenous reindeer herders’ livelihoods and land management, including culturally adjusted criteria for indigenous land uses AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Anna Naykanchina |
| E/C.19/2012/8 Study on shifting cultivation and the socio-cultural integrity of indigenous peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Raja Devasish Roy, Bertie Xavier, Simon William M’Vidouboulou |
| E/C.19/2012/10 Study, as examples of good practice, of the Indigenous participatory mechanisms in the Arctic Council, the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Resource Development Principles in Inuit Nunaat, and the Laponia management system AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Dalee Sambo Dorough |
10th Session (2011)
Report of the Tenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Corrigendum
| E/C.19/2011/2 Response to comments made by some Member States on the annex to the report of the Permanent Forum on its eighth session (E/2009/43) at the general segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, in July 2009 AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Lars-Anders Baer, Bartolomé Clavero Salvador, Michael Dodson, Carsten Smith |
| E/C.19/2011/4 International Criminal Law and the Judicial Defence of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Bartolomé Clavero Salvador |
| E/C.19/2011/6 Study on the status of implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Mr. Lars-Anders Baer |
| E/C.19/2011/12 Study on Indigenous Peoples and Corporations to Examine the Existing Mechanisms and Policies Related to Corporations and Indigenous Peoples and to Identify Good Practices AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Elisa Canqui Mollo, Carlos Mamani Condori, Pavel Sulyandziga |
9th Session (2010)
Report of the Ninth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
[AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH]
| E C.19/2010/2 Report on indigenous fishing rights in the seas with case studies from Australia and Norway AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Carsten Smith, Michael Dodson |
| E C.19/2010/4 Study on consideration and recognition of Mother Earth rights AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Carlos Mamani Candori and Bartolome Clavero |
| E/C.19/2010/7 Study on the Extent to which Climate Change Policies and Projects Adhere to the Standards set forth in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Hassan Id Balkassm, Paimaneh Hasteh |
| E/C.19/2010/11 Indigenous Peoples and boarding Schools: A Comparative Study AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH |
| E/C.19/2010/13 Impact on Indigenous Peoples of the International Legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery, which has served as the Foundation of the Violation of their Human Rights AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Tonya Gonnella Frichner |
| E/C.19/2010/15 Study on the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Lars-Anders Baer |
| E/C.19/2010/18 The Copenhagen Results of the UNFCCC; Implications for Indigenous Peoples’ Local Adaptation and Mitigation AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Lars-Anders Baer |
| E C.19 2010 CRP.1 Report on Corporations and Indigenous Peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Pavel Sulyandziga |
| E C.19 2010 CRP.4 The Human Development Framework and Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determined Development or Development with Culture and Identity AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz |
8th Session (2009)
Report of the Eighth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
[AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH]
| E/C.19/2009/CRP. 7 A draft guide on the relevant principles contained in the UNDRIP, International Labour Organisation Convention No. 169 and International Labour Organisation Convention No. 107 that relate to Indigenous land tenure and management arrangements AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Michael Dodson |
7th Session (2008)
Report of the Seventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
[AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH]
| E/C.19/2008/2 Structures, procedures and mechanisms that currently exist or that might be established to effectively address the human rights situation of indigenous peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Ida Nicolaisen, Wilton Littlechild |
| E/C.19/2008/9 Indicators of well-being, poverty and sustainability relevant to indigenous peoples AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz |
| E/C.19/2008/10 Impact of Climate Change Mitigation Measures on Indigenous Peoples and on Their Territories and Lands AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Aqqaluk Lynge |
| E/C.19/2008/CRP. 6 Nota sobre el Alcance del Mandato Contenido en el Artículo 42 de la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y el Mejor Modo de Satisfacerlo por Parte del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Bartolomé Clavero |
6th Session (2007)
Report of the Sixth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues EN | ES | FR | AR | RU | ZH
| E/C.19/2007/CRP. 6 Oil Palm and Other Commercial Tree Plantations, Monocropping: Impacts on Indigenous Peoples’ Land Tenure and Resource Management Systems and Livelihoods AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Parshuram Tamang |
| E/C.19/2007/5 Analysis of the Recommendations and state of implementation from the Fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Wilton Littlechild |
| E/C.19/2007/10 Report on Indigenous Traditional Knowledge AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH Michael Dodson |
5th Session (2006)
4th Session (2005)
3rd Session (2004)
2nd Session (2003)
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