UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

[Francis Hult]

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples



The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine).



Read more:
http://social.un.org/index/IndigenousPeoples/DeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples.aspx

See the declaration here:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf

[esp. Articles 13, 14, and 16]
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