LibGuides: Rights of Indigenous Peoples: NGO Reports

NGOs

Center for World Indigenous Studies, http://cwis.org/.
Indigenous Environmental Network, http://www.ienearth.org/.
International Indigenous Caucus, http://www.iwgia.org/images/stories/int-processes-eng/decl-rights-ind-peop/docs/07-09-13IPCaucusStatementAdoptionDeclaration%20.pdf.
International Land Coalition

The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global alliance of civil society and intergovernmental organizations, working together to promote secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men through advocacy, dialogue and capacity building. They maintain helpful lists of domestic jurisprudence and international instruments relating to the land rights of indigenous people, available at http://www.landcoalition.org/global-initiatives/indigenous-peoples-and-pastoralists.

Contains helpful information on international mechanisms, including the publication “Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples: a Handbook on the UN System” available at http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0138_Human_right.pdf.

Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/observatory/.
Tebtebba, http://www.tebtebba.org/.

IUCN's policy agenda for indigenous peoples and conservation is very broad and the Unit's work is guided by the resolutions of the World Conservation Congress (WCC). Policy development in these areas is guided by specific international agreements, IGO's and UN agencies. In particular, the Unit's work in these areas is guided by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More information available at http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/social_policy/sp_themes_ip/.

Brings together the International Labour Organization (ILO) the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the UN Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a partnership with indigenous peoples, governments and other stakeholders to facilitate implementation of international standards on indigenous peoples, in particular the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ILO Convention No. 169). Their collective strategy is available at http://www.ilo.org/indigenous/Resources/Publications/WCMS_186284/lang--en/index.htm and UNIPPs Strategic Framework 2011-2015 and http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---normes/documents/publication/wcms_186285.pdf.