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Article 4 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs, as well as ways and means for financing their autonomous functions

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

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“Natasha” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 5 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Indigenous Peoples have the right to conserve and reinforce their own political, judicial, economic, social, and cultural institutions while at the same time maintaining their right to fully participate, if they wish to do so, in the political, economic, social, and cultural decisions of the State.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

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“Jessie” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 6 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Every indigenous individual has the right to a nationality.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

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“Dannyco” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 7 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous individuals have the rights to life, physical and mental integrity, liberty and security of person.

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2. Indigenous peoples have the collective right to live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples and shall not be subjected to any act of genocide or any other act of violence, including forcibly removing children of the group to another group.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

Article 8 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right not to be subjected to forced assimilation or destruction of their culture.

Article 9 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right to belong to an indigenous community or nation, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the community or nation concerned. No discrimination of any kind may arise from the exercise of such a right.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

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“Catalina” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 10 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: 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.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Leigh-Anne Willemse

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“Dannyco” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Tamang

Article 11 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states that:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature.

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Article 13 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit to future generations their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures, and to designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons.

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Article 14 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.

2. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State without discrimination.

Article 15 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the dignity and diversity of their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations which shall be appropriately reflected in education and public information.

and 2. States shall take effective measures, in consultation and cooperation with the indigenous peoples concerned, to combat prejudice, eliminate discrimination, and to promote tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other segments of society.

Article 16 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their own media in their own languages and to have access to all forms of non-indigenous media without discrimination.

2. States shall take effective measures to ensure that State-owned media duly reflect indigenous cultural diversity. States, without prejudice to ensuring full freedom of expression, should encourage privately owned media to adequately reflect indigenous cultural diversity.

Article 17 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous individuals and peoples have the right to enjoy fully all rights established under applicable international and domestic labor laws.

Article 18 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: 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.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Morisca Christians

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“Dannyco” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 19 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: 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.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Morisca Christians

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“Dannyco” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

Article 20 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and develop their political, economic and social systems or institutions, to be secure in the enjoyment of their own means of subsistence and development, and to engage freely in all their traditional and other economic activities.

2. Indigenous peoples deprived of their means of subsistence and development are entitled to just and fair redress.

Tamang

Article 21 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
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.

Article 23 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: 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.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Morisca Christians

Article 24 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals. Indigenous individuals also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services.

Article 25 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities to future generations in this regard.

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Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Voiceover by Morisca Christians

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“Catalina” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2017, 16th Session
Week 1

Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Kumar/Sunuwar) asks Joan Carling, longtime advocate for Indigenous rights and former expert member to the UNPFII, how she assesses the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Asia.

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"Remember Your Children," by Salidummay
Music from a seashell, recorded at the opening ceremony of the 16th UNPFII

Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan) reflects with Dr. Wilton Littlechild, Grand Chief for Treaty Six First Nations, on the first 10 years of progress and setbacks in implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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"Kawär Tin Nene'y" by K'oxomal Winaqil

Rosario Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel) dió una intervención en nombre del Caucus de información y comunicación alternativa de los Pueblos Indígenas en Naciones Unidas,
en la primera semana del 16º período de sesiones del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas. Celebra que la ONU garantice a los Pueblos Indígenas tener sus propias formas de comunicación, pero no se ha logrado implementar este derecho durante los últimos diez años. Escuche su discurso en este programa, grabado en vivo durante el Foro Permanente, Abril 2017 en Nueva York, EEUU.