Current international law news relating to Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities from IGOs and NGOs as reported by Steven C. Perkins, J.D., M.L.L. (scperkins @ gmail.com)
Monday, March 17, 2008
UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples Issues
From the February 2008 UN OHCHR Update on Minority Issues
"The United Nations Development Group approved Guidelines on Indigenous
Peoples' Issues on 1 February 2008. The Guidelines are designed to
assist UN Country Teams integrate indigenous peoples' issues into
country policies and programmes. The Guidelines were drafted by a group
on UN organizations and specialized agencies under the aegis of the
Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples'Issues."
The text is available at:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/docs/guidelines.pdf
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