United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007, para. 2
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Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Environment
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2007
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), A/RES/61/295, Article 26, 2.