Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples 2017, para. 28
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Discussions on recognition of indigenous peoples and their rights in the Constitution are ongoing and at the federal level in Australia, Chile and Guatemala. In February 2017, the Special Rapporteur together with other special procedures mandate holders wrote to the Government of Guatemala urging it, in the context of the ongoing parliamentary debate, to support amendments to the Constitution which would recognize the indigenous justice system.
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Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples