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. 30
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Despite many positive advancements, the Special Rapporteur has observed the need for States to incorporate into programmes of this type a more integrated approach to addressing the development of indigenous peoples, one that aims not just to secure for them their social and economic well-being, but in doing so to advance their self-determination and their rights to maintain their distinct cultural identities, languages and connections with their traditional lands. In this regard, article 23 of the Declaration states that "indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for exercising their right to development. In particular, indigenous peoples have the right to be actively involved in developing and determining health, housing and other economic and social programmes affecting them and, as far as possible, to administer such programmes through their own institutions."
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/264, para. 30.