Documents - SOWIP
Handbooks and Training Materials
- Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Handbook for Parliamentarians
- Training Module on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
- United Nations Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
- Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples´ Issues
- Partnering with Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and Practices
- Second Decade Activity Guide
- Handbook for Participants
Integration and Desk Reviews in Country Development Process
- Integration of Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective in Country Development Processes: Review of selected CCAs and UNDAFs No. 3
- Human Development Reports and Indigenous Peoples: A Desk Review
- Integration of Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective in Country Development Processes: Review of selected CCAs and UNDAFs No. 2, 2007
- Integration of Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective in Country Development Processes: Review of selected CCAs and UNDAFs No. 3
- Desk Reviews of select MDG Reports as per Indigenous Issues
- MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples: A desk review, No. 3, Feb 2008
- Desk Reviews of select MDG Reports as per Indigenous Issues: No. 2, 2007
- Desk Review of Select Resident Coordinator Reports: 2001-2003
- Integration of Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective in Country Development Processes: Review of select CCAs and UNDAFs
Reports
- The Right to Food and Indigenous Peoples (Fact sheet)
- Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools: A Comparative Study
- Indigenous Women and the United Nations System: Good Practices and Lessons Learned
- Background Paper: Engaging Indigenous Peoples in governance processes
- Martínez Cobo Study
- E/C.19/2016/11 Report of the 15th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Indigenous peoples: conflict, peace and resolution”
- E/2015/43 Report of the 14th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
- E/C.19/2014/11 Report of the 13th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Principles of good governance consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: articles 3 to 6 and 46”
- E/C.19/2013/25 Report of the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Review Year
- E/C.19/2012/13 Report of the 11th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)”
- E/C.19/2011/14 Report of the 10th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Review Year
- E/C.19/2010/15 Report of the 9th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
- E/C.19/2009/14 Report of the 8th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Review year
- E/C.19/2008/13 Report of the 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges”
- E/C.19/2007/12 Report of the 6th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Territories, Lands and Natural Resources”
- E/C.19/2006/11 Report of the 5th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “The Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples: Re-defining the Millennium Development Goals”
- E/C.19/2005/9 Report of the 4th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Millennium Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples with a focus on Goal 1 to Eradicate Poverty and Extreme Hunger, and Goal 2 to achieve universal primary education”
- E/C.19/2004/23 Report of the 3rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Indigenous Women”
- E/C.19/2003/22 Report of the 2nd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. “Indigenous Children and Youth”
- E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 Report of the 1st Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Brochures
Studies by Members of the Forum
2016
E/C.19/2016/3 Study on the relationship between indigenous peoples and the Pacific Ocean, taking into account issues of governance, the effects of climate change, deep sea mining, resources and sustainable development by Valmaine Toki
E/C.19/2016/4 Study on how States exploit weak procedural rules in international organizations to devalue the United Nations Declaration and other international human rights law by Edward John and Dalee Sambo Dorough
2015
E/C.19/2015/9 Cross-border issues, including recognition of the right of indigenous peoples to trade in goods and services across borders and militarized areas by Megan Davis
E/C.19/2015/4 Study on the treatment of traditional knowledge in the framework of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the post-2015 development agenda by María Eugenia Choque Quispe
2014
E/C.19/2014/2 Study to examine challenges in the African region to protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore by 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 by 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 by Raja Devasish Roy and 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 by Alvaro Pop and 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 by 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 by Dalee Sambo Dorough and Megan Davis
2013
E/C.19/2013/5 Study on resilience, traditional knowledge and capacity-building for pastoralist communities in Africa by 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 by Myrna Cunningham and 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+) by Myrna Cunningham, Paul Kanyinke Sena and Bertie Xavier
E/C.19/2013/8 Study on the Right to participation in decision-making processes of indigenous youth in the Nordic countries by 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 by Eva Biaudet, Megan Davis, Helen Kaljulate and Valmaine Toki
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 by Saul Vicente Vasquez
E/C.19/2013/12 Study on decolonization of the Pacific region by 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 by Edward John, Myrna Cunningham and Álvaro 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 by Paimaneh Hasteh and 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 by Eva Biaudet
E/C.19/2013/16 Consolidated report on extractive industries and their impact on indigenous peoples by 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 by Myrna Cunningham and Álvaro Pop
E/C.19/2013/18 A Study on National Constitutions and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Megan Davis, Simon William M’Viboudoulou, Valmaine Toki, Paul Kanyinke Sena, Edward John, Álvaro Esteban Pop Ac and Raja Devasish Roy
E/C.19/2013/20 Study on the impact of the mining boom upon indigenous communities in Australia by Megan Davis
2012
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 by 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 by Anna Naykanchina
E/C.19/2012/8 Study on shifting cultivation and the socio-cultural integrity of indigenous peoples by Raja Devasish Roy, Bertie Xavier and 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 by Dalee Sambo Dorough
2011
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 by Lars-Anders Baer, Bartolomé Clavero Salvador, Michael Dodson and Carsten Smith
E/C.19/2011/4 International Criminal Law and the Judicial Defence of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights by Bartolomé Clavero Salvador
E/C.19/2011/6 Study on the status of implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 by 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 by Elisa Canqui Mollo, Carlos Mamani Condori, Pavel Sulyandziga
2010
E C.19/2010/2 Report on indigenous fishing rights in the seas with case studies from Australia and Norway by Carsten Smith and Michael Dodson
E C.19/2010/4 Study on consideration and recognition of Mother Earth rights by 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 by Hassan Id Balkassm, Paimaneh Hasteh
E/C.19/2010/11 Indigenous Peoples and boarding Schools: A Comparative Study
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 by Tonya Gonnella Frichner
E/C.19/2010/15 Study on the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding by Lars-Anders Baer
E/C.19/2010/18 The Copenhagen Results of the UNFCCC; Implications for Indigenous Peoples’ Local Adaptation and Mitigation by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Lars-Anders Baer
E C.19 2010 CRP.1 Report on Corporations and Indigenous Peoples by Pavel Sulyandziga
E C.19 2010 CRP.4 The Human Development Framework and Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determined Development or Development with Culture and Identity by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
2009
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 by Michael Dodson
2008
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 by Ida Nicolaisen and Wilton Littlechild
E/C.19/2008/9 Indicators of well-being, poverty and sustainability relevant to indigenous peoples by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
E/C.19/2008/10 Impact of Climate Change Mitigation Measures on Indigenous Peoples and on Their Territories and Lands by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and 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 by Bartolomé Clavero
2007
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 by 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 by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Wilton Littlechild
E/C.19/2007/10 Report on Indigenous Traditional Knowledge by Michael Dodson
General Assembly Resolutions on Indigenous Peoples
2015
A/RES/70/232 General Assemby Resolution adopted on 23 December 2015
2014
A/RES/69/159 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2014)
2013
A/RES/68/149 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2013)
2012
RA/ES/67/153 Rights of indigenous peoples (20 December 2012)
GA/SHC/4063 (press release)
A/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)
GA/11283 (press release)
2011
A/RES/66/142 Rights of indigenous peoples (adopted without vote, 19 December 2011)
GA/11198 (press release)
2010
A/RES/65/198 Indigenous Issues (adopted without vote, 21 December 2010)
GA/11041 (press release)
2008
A/RES/63/161 Indigenous Issues (adopted without vote, 18 December 2008)
GA/10801 (press release)
2007
A/RES/61/295 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (adopted without vote, 13 September 2007)
GA/10612 (press release)
2005
A/RES/60/142 Programme of Action for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (Yes: 143, No: 4, Abstentions: 11, Non-Voting: 34, Total voting membership: 192, 16 December 2005)
GA/10437 (press release)
2004
A/RES/59/174 Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote, 20 December 2004)
2003
A/RES/58/158 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote, 22 December 2003)
A/RES/57/192 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
2002
A/RES/57/193 Indigenous people and issues (adopted without vote, 18 December 2002)
A/RES/57/191 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
GA/10124 (press release)
2001
A/RES/56/140 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
GA/10001 (press release)
2000
A/RES/55/80 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
GA/9842 (press release)
1999
A/RES/54/150 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
GA/9690 (press release)
1998
A/RES/53/130 UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations (adopted without vote)
A/RES/53/129 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
GA/9532 (press release)
1997
A/RES/52/108 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
GA/9380 (press release)
1998
A/RES/51/78 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
Adopted without a vote.
1997
A/RES/50/157 Programme of activities for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
A/RES/50/156 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
1996
A/RES/49/214 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
1995
A/RES/48/163 International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)
1993
A/RES/47/75 International Year for the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote, 1993)
1992
A/RES/46/128 International Year for the World’s Indigenous People (adopted without vote)