Know your rights! United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for indigenous adolescents
07/10/2024
In this publication you will learn about an important international document called the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or Declaration). The Declaration explains how the rights of indigenous peoples – including indigenous young people – are to be protected by governments around the world. It...
Policy Brief: COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples
07/10/2024
There are 476 million indigenous peoples around the world, constituting 6.2 percent of the global population and, according to different sources, representing more than 19 percent of the extreme poor. Indigenous peoples are not a homogenous group. They live in over 90 countries, in rural and urban areas, in forests,...
Technical paper on Sustainable Development Goal 16 and Indigenous Peoples’ Collective Rights to Land, Territories and Resources
07/10/2024
In 2014, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established. The final resolution “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (United Nations General Assembly, 2015) refers to Indigenous Peoples 6 times, three times in the political declaration; two in the targets under Goal 2 on Zero Hunger (target 2.3)...
The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and Indigenous Peoples
07/10/2024
This guide is designed for indigenous fishing communities and for people in the development field working with indigenous fishing communities. Its objective is to provide guidance on impacts and benefits of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (hereinafter the ‘Code’) from an indigenous peoples’ perspective. This guide: a) provides...
The Right to Food Guidelines and Indigenous Peoples: an Operational Guide
07/10/2024
This Guide aims to assist indigenous peoples and their organizations on how to use the Voluntary Guidelines to promote their own interests in the area of food security. It also intends to increase awareness and improve understanding among development workers as well as United Nations staff, government officials and indigenous...