Rights of indigenous peoples 1997, para. 3

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Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Paragraph text
The Committee is conscious of the fact that in many regions of the world indigenous peoples have been, and are still being, discriminated against and deprived of their human rights and fundamental freedoms and in particular that they have lost their land and resources to colonists, commercial companies and State enterprises. Consequently, the preservation of their culture and their historical identity has been and still is jeopardized.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Treaty bodies: CERD - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CERD General Recommendation No. 23, Rights of indigenous peoples (1997), para. 3.
Paragraph number
3