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Human Rights Education Library Library: General reference


Title
: The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Author(s): People's Decade for Human Rights Education
Publisher: People's Decade for Human Rights Education
Place of publication: New York
Year of publication: n.d.
ISBN/ISSN: -
Language(s): English
Keywords: reference, indigenous peoples, ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No. 169), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Draft Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities
Description: This brochure is part of PDHRE's series of various human rights and government's commitments and obligrations under international treaties. Indigenous people and peoples enjoy certain human rights specifically linked to their identity, including rights to maintain and enjoy their culture and language free from discrimination, rights of access to ancestral lands and land relied upon for subsistence, rights to decide their own patterns of development, and rights to autonomy over indigenous affairs.
Format: HTML
URL(s):
http://www.pdhre.org/rights/indigenous.html [27 K]