Indigenous Peoples
Some initial resources available for ESC rights defenders seeking to fully protect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples are:
- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Declaration of Tlahuitoltepec on the Fundamental Rights of Indigenous Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Indo-Latin America
- Working Group on a Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Mexico v. Metalclad
- Module 6 of Circle of Rights for “ESC Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
- U.N. Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination General Recommendation XXIII
- Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
- Declaration of Cultural Rights
- Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation
The following case summary illustrates how human rights defenders have used the ESC rights approach to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples: