The need to harmonize activities affecting indigenous peoples within the United Nations system 2012, para. 77
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- The World Bank is currently carrying out a review of all its safeguard polices, both environmental and social, including its policy on indigenous peoples. This review may be an opportunity to bring the policies of the Bank in line with the provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. At the same time, however, indigenous peoples fear that the review process will result in weakened standards regarding their rights. Indigenous peoples' and non-governmental organizations have urged the Bank to bring its policy on indigenous peoples in line with the Declaration and raised concerns that numerous projects and programmes supported by the Bank continue to have a negative impact on indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples have also emphasized the need for their adequate participation in the review process and have expressed concern over delays in carrying out consultations in the context of the review process. The World Bank has stated its intention of releasing an "approach paper" in September or October 2012, with proposals for amendments to the safeguard policies. The Special Rapporteur will be watching with close attention to see how this process unfolds.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/301, para. 77.
- Paragraph number
- 77
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