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Rights of indigenous peoples, including their economic, social and cultural rights in the post-2015 development framework 2014, para. 71 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | When looking at available socioeconomic data disaggregated by ethnicity and gender, there is no doubt that indigenous women experience particular and interrelated forms of discrimination because of their indigenous identity and their gender. Gender-based discrimination is a sad reality in most countries, and it is also found within some indigenous societies where, for example, women may not traditionally have participated in governance institutions or where girls are not encouraged to study. In short, many indigenous women still face additional gender-based discrimination, which leads to disadvantages, marginalization and, in extreme cases, to violence, physical mutilation, trafficking, prostitution and restricted access to justice. On the other hand, there is ample documentation of the strong and crucial roles played by indigenous women in many areas of life, including food production, biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, transmission of languages, culture and knowledge, conflict resolution and peacekeeping. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 85c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to United Nations organizations and mechanisms] [United Nations organizations and mechanisms should:] Recognize the agency of indigenous communities, women and girls as development actors within the sustainable development goal for development partnerships; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 85d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to United Nations organizations and mechanisms] [United Nations organizations and mechanisms should:] Ensure that the concerns of indigenous women and girls are included within the post-2015 framework; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 78c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to civil and political rights, Member States should:] Explore ways to invest in the leadership capacity of indigenous women so that they can play more active roles in indigenous decision-making structures to protect women and girls within their communities; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 79e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, Member States should:] Ensure clarity with regard to the relationship between indigenous, national and local jurisdictions in relation to violence against women; and ensure that the justice process is accessible and sensitive to the needs of indigenous women; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 78f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to civil and political rights, Member States should:] Provide legal aid, interpretation and translation services, and culturally sensitive information about their rights and available remedies to all indigenous women and girls; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 79c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, Member States should:] Balance respect for the right to self-determination of indigenous communities with their responsibility to protect indigenous women and girls in their capacity as national citizens and rights bearers; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 48 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The variety of forms of sexual violence reflects, to some extent, the different experiences of indigenous women and girls around the world. It also reflects the multidimensional ways in which indigenous women are vulnerable to violence and the severe threat of revictimization. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 52 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | As noted by the Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the situation of indigenous women and girls is particularly critical in the context of armed conflict, given that they are already exposed to multiple forms of discrimination. That again shows the impact that intersecting forms of inequality and discrimination can have on indigenous women. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 82 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to United Nations organizations and mechanisms] In the context of this increasing attention to indigenous peoples, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women develop a general comment on the rights on indigenous women and girls. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 77a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to economic, social and cultural rights, Member States should:] Improve access by indigenous peoples to education, with interventions targeted towards understanding and overcoming the specific barriers faced by girls; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 79g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, Member States should:] Build the capacity of female indigenous leaders to advocate for the rights of women and girls to freedom from violence within indigenous communities; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 37 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Indigenous women and girls experience racism and racial discrimination as members of indigenous communities. Such violations of their rights also increase their vulnerability to other human rights abuses, as they are part of the intersecting forms of discrimination and inequality that they face. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 77c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to economic, social and cultural rights, Member States should:] Pay particular attention to providing a range of sexual and reproductive health services to indigenous women and girls, with their free, prior and informed consent; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against indigenous women and girls; rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extractive industries 2012, para. 29 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A holistic approach to combating violence against women and girls therefore should include, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, advancing indigenous peoples' autonomy and self-governance (articles 5 and 18); strengthening indigenous peoples' traditional justice systems (articles 34 and 35); increasing indigenous peoples' access to justice (article 40); and improving indigenous peoples' economic and social conditions (article 21). Stated comprehensively, tackling violence against indigenous women must in some way go along with advancing indigenous peoples' self-determination. As Special Rapporteur and others have stressed, the right to self-determination, which is affirmed for indigenous peoples in article 3 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is a foundational right, without which the full range of indigenous peoples' human rights, both collective and individual, cannot be fully enjoyed. Enhancing indigenous self-determination is conducive to successful practical outcomes; studies have shown that indigenous peoples who effectively manage their own affairs tend to fare better across a range of indicators than those who do not. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against indigenous women and girls; rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extractive industries 2012, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In a similar vein, combating violence against women and girls in the indigenous context must be achieved holistically; it cannot be addressed in isolation from the range of rights recognized for indigenous peoples in general. In this regard, violence against indigenous women and girls, which is distressingly all too common across the globe, cannot be seen as separate from the history of discrimination and marginalization that has been suffered invariably by indigenous peoples. This history manifests itself in continued troubling structural factors, such as conditions of poverty, lack of access to land and resources or other means of subsistence, or poor access to education and health services, which are all factors that bear on indigenous peoples with particular consequences for indigenous women. The history of discrimination against indigenous peoples has also resulted in the deterioration of indigenous social structures and cultural traditions, and in the undermining or breakdown of indigenous governance and judicial systems, impairing in many cases the ability of indigenous peoples to respond effectively to problems of violence against women and girls within their communities. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against indigenous women and girls; rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extractive industries 2012, para. 30 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In this connection, the Special Rapporteur would like to mention three specific ways in which indigenous self-determination may be enhanced in the context of combating violence against women and girls. While the following points are, of course, not exhaustive, they provide some reflections on the measures needed by States and indigenous peoples themselves to address concerns in this regard. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 85b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to United Nations organizations and mechanisms] [United Nations organizations and mechanisms should:] Work with Member States to develop research into underdeveloped areas which particularly impact the rights of indigenous women and girls. Research should be developed on intersecting discrimination and vulnerability and the relationship between individual and collective rights; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 80b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to monitoring and accountability, Member States should:] Invest in research and data collection systems to collect data disaggregated by gender, ethnicity or race, religion, language and territory or geographical area. Such data collection and research should include information on human rights violations, with particular focus on the situation of women and girls; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 79b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, Member States should:] In the context of affording indigenous people legal jurisdiction that is compatible with their rights to self-determination, develop mechanisms that allow indigenous women and girls to pursue other means of recourse against violence if they are unable to obtain support and access to justice within indigenous communities; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 61 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Systematic analysis of the conclusions of United Nations human rights mechanisms conducted for this report showed significant gaps and weaknesses in relation to the rights of indigenous women and girls. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the attention of other mechanisms and agencies, in particular special procedures mandate holders, treaty bodies and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and hopes that the developing focus on indigenous women's rights continues to grow. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 77g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to economic, social and cultural rights, Member States should:] When developing initiatives to improve the economic, social and cultural rights, pro-actively engage with indigenous women and girls and other members of indigenous communities on how best to meet their needs; apply the principle of free, prior and informed consent to the development of all laws, policies and programmes; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 62b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Gaps and weaknesses in some human rights and development monitoring mechanisms include:] Failure to discuss the role that intersecting forms of vulnerability and discrimination plays in violations of the rights of indigenous women and girls; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 75 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To protect the rights of indigenous women, both a paradigm shift and the development of a multidimensional approach is needed. States must find a way to strike a delicate balance between protection of indigenous women and respect for self-determination and autonomy of indigenous peoples. Engagement and consultation with indigenous women and girls is central to finding that balance. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against indigenous women and girls; rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extractive industries 2012, para. 23 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Throughout his work, the Special Rapporteur has heard compelling stories of suffering of indigenous women and girls caused by violence, and inspiring stories of perseverance and of steps to overcome that suffering. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 60b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Compelled by economic need, armed conflict and denial of self-determination and land rights in the context of major economic development projects, many indigenous peoples migrate from their home communities in rural areas to urban centres. Indigenous women and girls who leave their communities are highly vulnerable to trafficking, which can lead to multiple violations of their human rights, including severe economic and sexual exploitation and sexual violence. There are also cases of indigenous women being targeted by organized traffickers within their own communities. Reports of trafficking of indigenous women and children include the following:] In a number of Asian countries, including Cambodia, India, Nepal and Thailand, indigenous women are trafficked from their communities into domestic servitude or forced prostitution; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 79a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, Member States should:] As recommended by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences in her 2011 report (A/HRC/17/26), develop a holistic approach to violence against women, based on the indivisibility and universality of all human rights, which recognizes the multiple interconnections between different forms of violence against women, its causes and consequences, and addresses multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 41 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Those trends have a number of implications in relation to the human rights of indigenous women and girls. When looked at through a human rights lens, it is clear that many indigenous women and girls have difficulties with the law because of prior violations of their human rights. Issues associated with disregard for collective and individual indigenous rights - such as abuse of women, mental health problems and poverty - have been identified as causal factors in criminal behaviour among indigenous women. Furthermore, issues relating to indigenous women's access to justice, as discussed below, must be considered within criminal justice. | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 72a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Despite the significant constraints facing them, there are many instances where indigenous women having successfully mobilized to fight for their rights. Those successes have led to the development of promising practices in relation to the respect and protection of indigenous women. The following examples of good practice are illustrative and not exhaustive:] As observed by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, the tribal justice system of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the United States has an effective infrastructure to provide safety of women within their jurisdiction, including dedicated codes to address domestic violence and training for personnel of tribal law enforcement authorities, tribal courts, prosecutors and probation officers. Furthermore, tribal courts have ordered that offenders enrol in re-education programmes and tribes support programmes to encourage boys and young men to respect women; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 78g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommendations to Member States] [With regard to civil and political rights, Member States should:] Within the context of the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the development of national action plans on human rights and business, ensure that judicial mechanisms are the primary means by which corporate violations of the rights of women and girls are remedied; and avoid legitimizing voluntary, private forms of remedy that do not provide effective access to justice for violations of the rights of women; | Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Special Procedures' report |
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