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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 77e
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- [Concerning the reform of investment and free trade practices, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States involve indigenous representatives, including women, in the negotiating process for all investment and free trade agreements when human rights impact assessments have identified potential issues relating to indigenous peoples;
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 92
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- Sources cited throughout this report provide States with many practical recommendations on how to improve the situation of minorities in the criminal justice system. Space considerations permit the Special Rapporteur to highlight only a few:
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- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. 18
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- In India, debt bondage is geographically widespread and has been reported to be prevalent in sectors such as the brick kiln industry, stone quarries, mining, manufacturing of beedi (Indian cigarettes), carpet weaving, construction, agriculture, power looms and cotton handlooms, as well as fish processing. Such practices are reported to be present in both the formal and the informal sectors. A survey conducted in 10 States in 1978 and 1979 by the Gandhi Peace Foundation and the National Labour Institute, which remains the most detailed survey on debt bondage, estimated the total number of bonded labourers in the agricultural sector at 2.62 million. The majority of people who are in debt bondage are Dalits, of "low" caste, or indigenous peoples - also referred to as members of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2016
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- Other
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The UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti 2016, para. 65
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- Fifth, guidance might be drawn from important precedents for lump-sum settlements at the national level. Relevant examples include the arrangements set up in the United States to compensate the victims of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the 2014 agreement between the United States and France to compensate Holocaust victims and the Canadian Reparations Programme for the Indian Residential School System, created to redress the historical legacies of discrimination suffered by Aboriginal children attending those schools.
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- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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- Other
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Overview of the activities carried during the first three-year term of the mandate 2011, para. 155
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- We encourage the sharing of experiences and best practices on ways to address the high levels of unemployment and underemployment, in particular among young people.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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- Other
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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 61
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- There are a number of closely related and mutually reinforcing challenges to achieving effective reform of international investment and free trade agreements and related improvements in the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' human rights. Those challenges are discussed in the section below.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
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- Other
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Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. 49
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- Comprehensive national and/or regional surveys should be undertaken to identify those in bonded labour, and should include disaggregated information on those affected, by age, gender, nationality, caste or ethnic group, and to identify the industries in which debt bondage is prevalent. The existence of detailed data is a necessary step for the development of effective policies, systems and practices.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Rights of indigenous peoples on the impact of international investment and free trade on the human rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 59
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- By perpetuating the international power imbalances in the international system, free trade and investment regimes compound the related inequality in the resources available to countries. That lack of resources consequently negatively affects the capacities of less developed countries to protect the most vulnerable, including indigenous peoples.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2015
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- Other
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