Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
12
The peoples concerned shall be safeguarded against the abuse of their rights and shall be able to take legal proceedings, either individually or through their representative bodies, for the effective protection of these rights. Measures shall be taken to ensure that members of these peoples can understand and be understood in legal proceedings, where necessary through the provision of interpretation or by other effective means.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
40
Indigenous peoples have the right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures for the resolution of conflicts and disputes with States or other parties, as well as to effective remedies for all infringements of their
individual and collective rights. Such a decision shall give due consideration to the customs, traditions, rules and legal systems of the indigenous peoples concerned and international human rights.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
12
The peoples concerned shall be safeguarded against the abuse of their rights and shall be able to take legal proceedings, either individually or through their representative bodies, for the effective protection of these rights. Measures shall be taken to ensure that members of these peoples can understand and be understood in legal proceedings, where necessary through the provision of interpretation or by other effective means.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
15.2
In cases in which the State retains the ownership of mineral or sub-surface resources or rights to other resources pertaining to lands, governments shall establish or maintain procedures through which they shall consult these peoples, with a view to ascertaining whether and to what degree their interests would be prejudiced, before undertaking or permitting any programmes for the exploration or exploitation of such resources pertaining to their lands. The peoples concerned shall wherever possible participate in the benefits of such activities, and shall receive fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of such activities.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
17.2
The peoples concerned shall be consulted whenever consideration is being given to their capacity to alienate their lands or otherwise transmit their rights outside their own community.
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Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
2
Governments shall have the responsibility for developing, with the participation of the peoples concerned, co-ordinated and systematic action to protect the rights of these peoples and to guarantee respect for their integrity.
2. Such action shall include measures for:
(a) ensuring that members of these peoples benefit on an equal footing from the rights and opportunities which national laws and regulations grant to other members of the population;
(b) promoting the full realisation of the social, economic and cultural rights of these peoples with respect for their social and cultural identity, their customs and traditions and their institutions;
(c) assisting the members of the peoples concerned to eliminate socio-economic gaps that may exist between indigenous and other members of the national community, in a manner compatible with their aspirations and ways of life.
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Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
6
1. In applying the provisions of this Convention, governments shall:
(a) consult the peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in particular through their representative institutions, whenever consideration is being given to legislative or administrative measures which may affect them directly;
(b) establish means by which these peoples can freely participate, to at least the same extent as other sectors of the population, at all levels of decision-making in elective institutions and administrative and other bodies responsible for policies and programmes which concern them;
(c) establish means for the full development of these peoples' own institutions and initiatives, and in appropriate cases provide the resources necessary for this purpose.
2. The consultations carried out in application of this Convention shall be undertaken, in good faith and in a form appropriate to the circumstances, with the objective of achieving agreement or consent to the proposed measures.
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Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
7.1
The peoples concerned shall have the right to decide their own priorities for the process of development as it affects their lives, beliefs, institutions and spiritual well-being and the lands they occupy or otherwise use, and to exercise control, to the extent possible, over their own economic, social and cultural development. In addition, they shall participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of plans and programmes for national and regional development which may affect them directly.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
18
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own indigenous decision-making institutions
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
19
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
32.2
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
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Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
10
Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories. No relocation shall take place without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned and after agreement on just and fair
compensation and, where possible, with the option of return.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
28
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to redress, by means that can include restitution or, when this is not possible, just, fair and equitable compensation, for the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise
occupied or used, and which have been confiscated, taken, occupied, used or damaged without their free, prior and informed consent.
2. Unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the peoples concerned, compensation shall take the form of lands, territories and resources equal in quality, size and legal status or of monetary compensation or other appropriate redress.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
32.3
States shall provide effective mechanisms for just and fair redress for any such activities, and appropriate measures shall be taken to mitigate adverse environmental, economic, social, cultural or spiritual impact.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
40
Indigenous peoples have the right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures for the resolution of conflicts and disputes with States or other parties, as well as to effective remedies for all infringements of their
individual and collective rights. Such a decision shall give due consideration to the customs, traditions, rules and legal systems of the indigenous peoples concerned and international human rights.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
8.2
2. States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for:
(a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their
integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities;
(b) Any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing them of their lands, territories or resources;
(c) Any form of forced population transfer which has the aim or effect of violating or undermining any of their rights;
(d) Any form of forced assimilation or integration;
(e) Any form of propaganda designed to promote or incite racial or ethnic discrimination directed against them.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
15.2
In cases in which the State retains the ownership of mineral or sub-surface resources or rights to other resources pertaining to lands, governments shall establish or maintain procedures through which they shall consult these peoples, with a view to ascertaining whether and to what degree their interests would be prejudiced, before undertaking or permitting any programmes for the exploration or exploitation of such resources pertaining to their lands. The peoples concerned shall wherever possible participate in the benefits of such activities, and shall receive fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of such activities.
|
Ensure and respect the rule of law |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.1
Where appropriate, States may consider land consolidation, exchanges or other voluntary approaches for the readjustment of parcels or holdings
to assist owners and users to improve the layout and use of their parcels or holdings, including for the promotion of food security and rural development in a sustainable manner. States should ensure that all actions are consistent with their obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable regional
and international instruments, and ensure that participants are at least as well off after the schemes compared with before. These approaches
should be used to coordinate the preferences of multiple owners and users in a single legitimate readjustment.
|
Right to remedy
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
16.3; 16.4; & 16.5
3. Whenever possible, these peoples shall have the right to return to their traditional lands, as soon as the grounds for relocation cease to exist.
4. When such return is not possible, as determined by agreement or, in the absence of such agreement, through appropriate procedures, these peoples shall be provided in all possible cases with lands of quality and legal status at least equal to that of the lands previously occupied by them, suitable to provide for their present needs and future development. Where the peoples concerned express a preference for compensation in money or in kind, they shall be so compensated under appropriate guarantees.
5. Persons thus relocated shall be fully compensated for any resulting loss or injury.
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Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
10
Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories. No relocation shall take place without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned and after agreement on just and fair
compensation and, where possible, with the option of return.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
28
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to redress, by means that can include restitution or, when this is not possible, just, fair and equitable compensation, for the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise
occupied or used, and which have been confiscated, taken, occupied, used or damaged without their free, prior and informed consent.
2. Unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the peoples concerned, compensation shall take the form of lands, territories and resources equal in quality, size and legal status or of monetary compensation or other appropriate redress.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
32.3
States shall provide effective mechanisms for just and fair redress for any such activities, and appropriate measures shall be taken to mitigate adverse environmental, economic, social, cultural or spiritual impact.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
40
Indigenous peoples have the right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures for the resolution of conflicts and disputes with States or other parties, as well as to effective remedies for all infringements of their
individual and collective rights. Such a decision shall give due consideration to the customs, traditions, rules and legal systems of the indigenous peoples concerned and international human rights.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
8.2
2. States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for:
(a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their
integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities;
(b) Any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing them of their lands, territories or resources;
(c) Any form of forced population transfer which has the aim or effect of violating or undermining any of their rights;
(d) Any form of forced assimilation or integration;
(e) Any form of propaganda designed to promote or incite racial or ethnic discrimination directed against them.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
15.2
In cases in which the State retains the ownership of mineral or sub-surface resources or rights to other resources pertaining to lands, governments shall establish or maintain procedures through which they shall consult these peoples, with a view to ascertaining whether and to what degree their interests would be prejudiced, before undertaking or permitting any programmes for the exploration or exploitation of such resources pertaining to their lands. The peoples concerned shall wherever possible participate in the benefits of such activities, and shall receive fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of such activities.
|
Access to justice and remedy |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.3
Where appropriate, States may consider encouraging and facilitating land consolidation and land banks in environmental protection and infrastructure projects to facilitate the acquisition of private land for such
public projects, and to provide affected owners, farmers and small-scale food producers with land in compensation that will allow them to continue,
and even increase, production
|
Right to remedy
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
16.3; 16.4; & 16.5
3. Whenever possible, these peoples shall have the right to return to their traditional lands, as soon as the grounds for relocation cease to exist.
4. When such return is not possible, as determined by agreement or, in the absence of such agreement, through appropriate procedures, these peoples shall be provided in all possible cases with lands of quality and legal status at least equal to that of the lands previously occupied by them, suitable to provide for their present needs and future development. Where the peoples concerned express a preference for compensation in money or in kind, they shall be so compensated under appropriate guarantees.
5. Persons thus relocated shall be fully compensated for any resulting loss or injury.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to an adequate standard of living
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
21
1. Indigenous peoples have the right, without discrimination, to the improvement of their economic and social conditions, including, inter alia, in the areas of education, employment, vocational training and retraining, housing, sanitation, health and social security. 2. States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special
measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities.
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to development
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
23
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.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to development
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
32
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for the development or use of their lands or territories and other resources. 2. States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources. 3. States shall provide effective mechanisms for just and fair redress for any such activities, and appropriate measures shall be taken to mitigate adverse environmental, economic, social, cultural or spiritual impact.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
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Right to development
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ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
7.1
The peoples concerned shall have the right to decide their own priorities for the process of development as it affects their lives, beliefs, institutions and spiritual well-being and the lands they occupy or otherwise use, and to exercise control, to the extent possible, over their own economic, social and cultural development. In addition, they shall participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of plans and programmes for national and regional development which may affect them directly.
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
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Right to equality and non-discrimination
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UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
2
Indigenous peoples and individuals are free and equal to all other peoples and individuals and have the right to be free from any kind of discrimination, in the exercise of their rights, in particular that based on their indigenous origin or
identity.
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
21.2
States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities.
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
22
1. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities in the implementation of this Declaration. 2. States shall take measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination To be read also in conjunction with the provisions reported above under "right to land".
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
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Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
44
All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally guaranteed to male and female indigenous individuals.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
3.1
Indigenous and tribal peoples shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedoms without hindrance or discrimination. The provisions of the Convention shall be applied without discrimination to male and female members of these peoples. To be read also in conjunction with the provisions reported above under "right to land".
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Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
4
1. Special measures shall be adopted as appropriate for safeguarding the persons, institutions, property, labour, cultures and environment of the peoples concerned.
2. Such special measures shall not be contrary to the freely-expressed wishes of the peoples concerned.
3. Enjoyment of the general rights of citizenship, without discrimination, shall not be prejudiced in any way by such special measures.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to a healthy environment
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
29
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the conservation and protection of the environment and the productive capacity of their lands or territories and resources. States shall establish and implement assistance programmes for
indigenous peoples for such conservation and protection, without discrimination.
2. States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous peoples without their free, prior and informed consent.
3. States shall also take effective measures to ensure, as needed, that programmes for monitoring, maintaining and restoring the health of indigenous peoples, as developed and implemented by the peoples affected by such materials,
are duly implemented.
|
Recognize and protect of the multiple functions of land, fisheries and forests |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.5
States should establish strategies for readjustment approaches that fit particular local requirements. Such strategies should be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and gender sensitive.
Strategies should identify the principles and objectives of the readjustment approaches; the beneficiaries; and the development of capacity and knowledge in the public sector, the private sector, organizations of
farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, and academia. Laws should establish clear and cost-effective procedures for the reorganization of parcels or holdings and their uses
|
Right to a healthy environment
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
7.3 & 7.4
3. Governments shall ensure that, whenever appropriate, studies are carried out, in co-operation with the peoples concerned, to assess the social, spiritual, cultural and environmental impact on them of planned development activities. The results of these studies shall be considered as fundamental criteria for the implementation of these activities.
4. Governments shall take measures, in co-operation with the peoples concerned, to protect and preserve the environment of the territories they inhabit.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
2
Indigenous peoples and individuals are free and equal to all other peoples and individuals and have the right to be free from any kind of discrimination, in the exercise of their rights, in particular that based on their indigenous origin or
identity.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
21.2
States shall take effective measures and, where appropriate, special measures to ensure continuing improvement of their economic and social conditions. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
22
1. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of indigenous elders, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities in the implementation of this Declaration. 2. States shall take measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination To be read also in conjunction with the provisions reported above under "right to land".
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
44
All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally guaranteed to male and female indigenous individuals.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
3.1
Indigenous and tribal peoples shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedoms without hindrance or discrimination. The provisions of the Convention shall be applied without discrimination to male and female members of these peoples. To be read also in conjunction with the provisions reported above under "right to land".
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to equality and non-discrimination
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
4
1. Special measures shall be adopted as appropriate for safeguarding the persons, institutions, property, labour, cultures and environment of the peoples concerned.
2. Such special measures shall not be contrary to the freely-expressed wishes of the peoples concerned.
3. Enjoyment of the general rights of citizenship, without discrimination, shall not be prejudiced in any way by such special measures.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to a healthy environment
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
29
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the conservation and protection of the environment and the productive capacity of their lands or territories and resources. States shall establish and implement assistance programmes for
indigenous peoples for such conservation and protection, without discrimination.
2. States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous peoples without their free, prior and informed consent.
3. States shall also take effective measures to ensure, as needed, that programmes for monitoring, maintaining and restoring the health of indigenous peoples, as developed and implemented by the peoples affected by such materials,
are duly implemented.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to a healthy environment
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
7.3 & 7.4
3. Governments shall ensure that, whenever appropriate, studies are carried out, in co-operation with the peoples concerned, to assess the social, spiritual, cultural and environmental impact on them of planned development activities. The results of these studies shall be considered as fundamental criteria for the implementation of these activities.
4. Governments shall take measures, in co-operation with the peoples concerned, to protect and preserve the environment of the territories they inhabit.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
15.2
In cases in which the State retains the ownership of mineral or sub-surface resources or rights to other resources pertaining to lands, governments shall establish or maintain procedures through which they shall consult these peoples, with a view to ascertaining whether and to what degree their interests would be prejudiced, before undertaking or permitting any programmes for the exploration or exploitation of such resources pertaining to their lands. The peoples concerned shall wherever possible participate in the benefits of such activities, and shall receive fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of such activities.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
17.2
The peoples concerned shall be consulted whenever consideration is being given to their capacity to alienate their lands or otherwise transmit their rights outside their own community.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
2
Governments shall have the responsibility for developing, with the participation of the peoples concerned, co-ordinated and systematic action to protect the rights of these peoples and to guarantee respect for their integrity.
2. Such action shall include measures for:
(a) ensuring that members of these peoples benefit on an equal footing from the rights and opportunities which national laws and regulations grant to other members of the population;
(b) promoting the full realisation of the social, economic and cultural rights of these peoples with respect for their social and cultural identity, their customs and traditions and their institutions;
(c) assisting the members of the peoples concerned to eliminate socio-economic gaps that may exist between indigenous and other members of the national community, in a manner compatible with their aspirations and ways of life.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
33
1. The governmental authority responsible for the matters covered in this Convention shall ensure that agencies or other appropriate mechanisms exist to administer the programmes affecting the peoples concerned, and shall ensure that they have the means necessary for the proper fulfilment of the functions assigned to them.
2. These programmes shall include:
(a) the planning, co-ordination, execution and evaluation, in co-operation with the peoples concerned, of the measures provided for in this Convention;
(b) the proposing of legislative and other measures to the competent authorities and supervision of the application of the measures taken, in co-operation with the peoples concerned.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
6
1. In applying the provisions of this Convention, governments shall:
(a) consult the peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in particular through their representative institutions, whenever consideration is being given to legislative or administrative measures which may affect them directly;
(b) establish means by which these peoples can freely participate, to at least the same extent as other sectors of the population, at all levels of decision-making in elective institutions and administrative and other bodies responsible for policies and programmes which concern them;
(c) establish means for the full development of these peoples' own institutions and initiatives, and in appropriate cases provide the resources necessary for this purpose.
2. The consultations carried out in application of this Convention shall be undertaken, in good faith and in a form appropriate to the circumstances, with the objective of achieving agreement or consent to the proposed measures.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
ILO C169Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (no.169) – ILO 169 |
7.1
The peoples concerned shall have the right to decide their own priorities for the process of development as it affects their lives, beliefs, institutions and spiritual well-being and the lands they occupy or otherwise use, and to exercise control, to the extent possible, over their own economic, social and cultural development. In addition, they shall participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of plans and programmes for national and regional development which may affect them directly.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
18
Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own indigenous decision-making institutions
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
19
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them.
|
Access to information, consultation and participation |
Transfers and other changes to tenure rights and duties
13. Land consolidation and other readjustment approaches |
13.6
States should establish appropriate safeguards in projects using
readjustment approaches. Any individuals, communities or peoples likely
to be affected by a project should be contacted and provided with sufficient
information in applicable languages. Technical and legal support should
be provided. Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches should be
used taking into account rights of indigenous peoples. Environmental safeguards should be established to prevent or minimize degradation and
loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land management, best practices and reclamation
|
Right to participation
|
UNDRIPUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
32.2
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.
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