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. 85
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Implementation of the Declaration should be regarded as a political, moral and legal imperative without qualification, within the framework of the human rights objectives of the Charter of the United Nations. The significance of the Declaration is not to be diminished by assertions of its technical status as a resolution that in itself has a non-legally binding character.
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)
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. 85.