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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 12 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states:
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies; the right to maintain, protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites; the right to the use and control of their ceremonial objects; and the right to the repatriation of their human remains.

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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.

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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 22 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states 1. Particular attention shall be paid to the rights and special needs of Indigenous elders, women, youth, children, and persons with disabilities in the implementation of this Declaration. 2. States shall take measures, in conjunction with Indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and children enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination. PRODUCTION Script by Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan) Voiceover by Morisca Christians MUSIC “Dannyco” by The Hot Shots Dance Band

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

Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche') highlights the difference between consent and consultation with the help of Joan Carling, longtime advocate for Indigenous rights and former expert member to the UNPFII, in the context of decisions made by Indigenous communities regarding resource and land management. Joan explains that consent (or refusal of consent) is given at the conclusion of a process of consultation. Consultation, defined as an open, collective deliberation, is a crucial precursor to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent.

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"Yawkuchallay," by Luis Cisneros

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.

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En la 16ª sesión del Foro Permanente de la ONU para las Cuestiones Indígenas, representantes del pueblo Sapara de la Amazonía ecuatoriana lanzaron una protesta contra compañías petroleras que están violando la soberanía de los Pueblos Indígenas y las directrices del consentimiento libre, previo e informado, que están protejidos bajo declaraciones de las Naciones Unidas.

ENTREVISTADOS:
Manari Ushigua, Presidente de la Nación Sapara
Gloria Ushigua, Presidente de Asociación de Mujeres Saparas

Este áudio descreve o Fórum Permanente sobre Questões Indígenas, um organismo da ONU composto por 16 pessoas que informa a ONU sobre questões como o desenvolvimento econômico, social, cultural, ambiental, educacional, além da saúde e dos direitos humanos. Nessas reuniões, questões importantes ligadas aos Povos Indígenas são discutidas e, se pré-registradas, pessoas fora do organismo podem assistir e até mesmo participar de questões especificas.

Este áudio descreve o Fórum Permanente sobre Questões Indígenas, um organismo da ONU composto por 16 pessoas que informa a ONU sobre questões como o desenvolvimento econômico, social, cultural, ambiental, educacional, além da saúde e dos direitos humanos. Nessas reuniões, questões importantes ligadas aos Povos Indígenas são discutidas e, se pré-registradas, pessoas fora do organismo podem assistir e até mesmo participar de questões especificas.

Este áudio descreve a importância do Fórum Permanente sobre Questões Indígenas. É um fórum constituído por 16 pessoas, que se reúne anualmente para escrever relatórios, e recomendações para aconselhar os estados e as agências das Nações Unidas sobre questões importantes que os Povos Indígenas enfrentam. O fórum foca em questões gerais que são comuns aos povos indígenas, como saúde, violência contra mulheres e a soberania alimentar.