Right to food 2008, para. 13

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Also stresses its commitments to promote and protect, without discrimination, the economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with international human rights obligations and, taking into account, as appropriate, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, acknowledges that many indigenous organizations and representatives of indigenous communities have expressed in different forums their deep concerns over the obstacles and challenges they face for the full enjoyment of the right to food, and calls upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the disproportionately high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples and the continuous discrimination against them;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
Year
2008
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2008), A/RES/63/187, OP 13.
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OP
Paragraph number
13