Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
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Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

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  1. Programme to Promote ILO Convention No. 169 (PRO 169)
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Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

Indigenous and tribal peoples shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedoms without hindrance or discrimination." 

Article 3(1), ILO Convention No.169

This web page provides a broad overview of the ILO’s work with indigenous and tribal peoples. In particular, it provides information about the two international legally binding instruments on indigenous and tribal peoples that the ILO has adopted (ILO Conventions No. 107 and No. 169), the role of the ILO in supervising the implementation of these Conventions and the technical cooperation and assistance of the ILO to indigenous and tribal peoples and to ILO member states.

The website also provides links and information on other ILO Conventions and programmes that are highly relevant for indigenous peoples, particularly the ILO Conventions on discrimination, child labour and forced labour and related programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

There is a special section on resources, where a broad range of publications, studies, guidelines and training materials are available.

We hope that this web site will provide you with the information you need regarding the ILO and its work on indigenous and tribal peoples. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact us.

Focus

  1. United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP)

    UNIPP is the first global inter-agency initiative with a programmatic focus on indigenous peoples at the country level, supported and complemented by strategic interventions at regional and international levels.

    1. UNIPP Brochure: Delivering as One UN at the country level
    2. Publication: UNIPP Strategic Framework 2011-2015
    3. News item: New UN partnership for Indigenous Peoples begins work 

Key Resources

  1. Monitoring Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights through ILO Conventions: A compilation of ILO Supervisory Bodies’ Comments 2009-2010
    01 April 2010

    The implementation of all ILO Conventions is monitored by the ILO supervisory bodies. This allows a continuous dialogue to take place between the Organization and the Governments concerned with the involvement of employers’ and workers’ organizations (trade unions), with a view to strengthening the implementation of these Conventions.

  2. Indigenous & Tribal People's Rights in Practice - A Guide to ILO Convention No. 169
    10 May 2009

    This publication is a result of collaborative efforts of a wide group of ILO staff, indigenous organizations, experts and researchers on the main aspects of indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights.

  3. Application of Convention No. 169 by domestic and international courts in Latin America - A casebook
    11 November 2009

    This Casebook contains summaries of judicial decisions from ten countries in Latin America, as well as a selection of relevant judgements and reports from the Inter- American human rights system.

  4. Overview Report  of the Research Project by the ILO and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the constitutional and legislative protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in 24 African countries
    02 October 2009

    This report provides the results of a research project which examined the extent to which the legal framework of 24 selected African countries impacts on and protects the rights of indigenous peoples.

News

  1. Article

    Social media gives voice to indigenous communities

    09 August 2012

    August 9 marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and this year’s theme is "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices". ILO News looks at the growing role of social media and the staying power of radio in these communities.

  2. News

    Decent work opportunities fall short for indigenous people

    07 August 2012

    On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – marked on August 9 - ILO News looks at employment and social justice prospects for those communities.

  3. Publication

    United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership (UNIPP) Strategic Framework 2011-2015

    02 August 2012

    (UNIPP) is a joint rights and results based initiative between the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The Partnership underscores the significant place of indigenous peoples as rights holders under international human rights law so as to advance the rights of these peoples.

Faces of Indigenous Peoples
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