Community Guide to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Community Guide to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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The Commission has developed several resources to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to understand and protect their rights.
The overview and community guide on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples aim to bring the Declaration to life by highlighting existing examples of Indigenous peoples’ rights in action.
'It is using the Declaration that breathes life into it.'
As an international instrument, the Declaration provides a blueprint for Indigenous peoples and governments around the world, based on the principles of self-determination and participation, to respect the rights and roles of Indigenous peoples within society. It is the instrument that contains the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples all over the world
- Mick Gooda,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social
Justice Commissioner.