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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES (fwd)
wytchwomyn (wilsont@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA)
Wed, 4 May 1994 13:04:54 -0400
for those who may be interested ...
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Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 21:32:57 EST
From: Glenn Welker <gwelker@MAIL.LMI.ORG>
To: Multiple recipients of list INDKNOW <INDKNOW@UWAVM.BITNET>
Subject: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
WORLD COUNCIL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
1. All human rights of indigenous people must be respected. No
form of discrimination against indigenous people shall be
allowed.
2. All indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination.
By virtue of this right they can freely determine their
political, economic, social, religious and cultural
development, in agreement with the principles stated in this
declaration.
3. Every nation-state within which indigenous peoples live shall
recognize the population, territory and institutions belonging
to said peoples.
4. The culture of indigenous peoples are part of mankind's
cultural patrimony.
5. The customs and usages of the indigenous peoples must be
respected by the nation-states and recognized as a legitimate
source of rights.
6. Indigenous peoples have the right to determine which person(s)
or group(s) is (are) included in its population.
7. All indigenous peoples have the right to determine the form,
structure and jurisdiction of their own institutions.
8. The institutions of indigenous peoples, like those of a
nation-state, must conform to internationally recognized human
rights, both individual and collective.
9. Indigenous peoples, and their individual members, have the
right to participate in the political life of the nation-state
in which they are located.
10. Indigenous peoples have inalienable rights over their
traditional lands and resources. All lands and resources
which have been usurped, or taken away without the free and
knowledgeable consent of Indian peoples, shall be restored to
them.
11. The rights of the indigenous peoples to their lands includes:
the soil, the subsoil, coastal economic zones all within the
limits specified by international legislation.
12. All indigenous peoples have the right to freely use their
natural wealth and resources in order to satisfy their needs,
and, in agreement with principles 10 and 11 above.
13. No action or process shall be implemented which directly
and/or indirectly would result in the destruction of land,
air, water, glaciers, animal life, environment or natural
resources, without the free and well informed consent of the
affected indigenous peoples.
14. indigenous peoples will re-assume original rights over their
material culture, including archeological zones, artifacts,
designs and other artistic expressions.
15. All indigenous peoples have the right to be educated in their
own language and to establish their own education
institutions. Indian people's languages shall be respected by
nation-states in all dealings between them on the basis of
equality and non-discrimination.
16. All treaties reached through agreement between indigenous
peoples and representatives of the nation-states will have
total validity before national and international law.
17. Indigenous peoples have the right, by virtue of their
traditions, to freely travel across international boundaries,
to conduct traditional activities and maintain family links.
18. Indigenous peoples and their designated authorities have the
right to be consulted and to authorize the implementation of
technological and scientific research conducted within their
territories and the right to be informed about the results of
such activities.
19. The aforementioned principles constitute the minimal rights to
which indigenous peoples are entitled and must be complemented
by all nation-states.
(RATIFIED BY THE IV GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD COUNCIL
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, PANAMA, SEPTEMBER 23-30, 1984)
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