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States must obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent from Indigenous Peoples before taking legislative or administrative measures which will affect them.

Governments cannot store dangerous materials on Indigenous Peoples’ lands without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

Del pueblo nómada Nükák perviven aproximadamente 600 personas, quienes se concentran en el departamento del Guaviare.

Declarados como pueblo en riesgo de exterminio físico y cultural producto de la vulneración de sus derechos, del control territorial de grupos armados ilegales, del avance de la deforestación y de los cultivos de uso ilícito.

News from around the world, on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
In this edition:
Khoi and San heritage route approved
Indigenous Peoples in Asia battle COVID-19 on several fronts
Nepalese Indigenous Peoples deprived of relief
Medicine man assaulted by crowd of 70 people

"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

States should obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent before approving any development project that will affect the lands and resources of Indigenous Peoples.

Día Internacional de los pueblos Indígenas. El mandato de este día indica que: Se celebre cada año el Día Internacional de las Poblaciones Indígenas el 9 de agosto y alienta a los gobiernos a observar el Día en cada país.

Esta población se encuentra sin duda entre las poblaciones más vulnerables y perjudicadas del mundo. En la actualidad la situación de la población Indígena se ha visto mucho más desfavorecida debido a la crisis sanitaria por Covid 19.

The UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples along with other international instruments, recognises the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent as a right of Indigenous Peoples.

On September 13 we commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations.
The Declaration is an instrument to enshrine the rights that constitutes the minimum standards of survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples around the world.