Challenges for indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources

In recent decades a number of jurisdictions have adopted constitutional or legislative provisions recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources and their related self-governance and participatory decision-making rights. Some notable examples are provisions incorporated in the constitutions of Latin American countries such as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, and the ratification by most Latin American States of ILO Convention No. 169 (1989). The drafting and ultimate adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 gave increased impetus to this growing recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights.

Sustainable Development Goals:

No Poverty

Life on Land

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions