Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 9.9
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Countries are urged to recognize that the lands of indigenous people and their communities should be protected from activities that are environmentally unsound or that the indigenous people concerned consider to be socially and culturally inappropriate. The term "lands" is understood to include the environment of the areas which the people concerned traditionally occupy.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
International Conference on Population and Development
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Environment
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
1994
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Other
Reference
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (1994), para. 9.9.
Paragraph focus
Population distribution and sustainable development