UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
3 April 2009
Updates
- Media Release: United we stand – Support for United Nations Indigenous Rights Declaration a watershed moment for Australia
(3 April 2009) - Questions and answers on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2 April 2009)
- Australia's support of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Media Release (14 September 2007)
Fact Sheets
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN)
- UN Declaration Fact Sheet 1 - Overview
- UN Declaration Fact Sheet 2 - Key features
- Report of the Global Indigenous Peoples' Caucus Steering Committee (PDF 482 KB)
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Commission backup copy)
Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
30 June 2006
The following information about the Declaration can be downloaded from the the Commission website:
- UN Resolution and Draft Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF 53 Kb)
- The Global Indigenous Caucus statement upon the adoption of the Declaration;
- Regional Indigenous Caucus statements made during the debate at the Human Rights Council; (PDF 573 Kb)
- The joint statement signed by hundreds of indigenous organisations worldwide on the need to adopt the Declaration (including numerous indigenous organisations in Australia);
- The United Nations press release summarising the debate and identifying who voted for the Declaration; and
- A chapter explaining the principle of self-determination and addressing the concerns relating to territorial integrity, extracted from the Social Justice Report 2002 to the Australian federal Parliament.
Last updated April 21, 2009 .
