The right of indigenous peoples to development with culture and identity, the right of indigenous peoples to participation and the obligation of States to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2010, para. 81
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The internal dimension of the right to participation relates to indigenous peoples' exercise of autonomy or self-government. This dimension of the right includes a corresponding duty of the State to allow indigenous peoples to make their own decisions concerning their internal matters, and to respect those decisions. States should make continued efforts to promote and consolidate legal recognition and accommodation of indigenous institutions of self-governance, in order for indigenous peoples genuinely to take control of their own affairs in all aspects of their lives and to ensure that matters affecting them are aligned with their own cultural patterns, values, customs and world-views.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/264, para. 81.