Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
30 June 2006
The following information about the Declaration can be downloaded from the HREOC 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 July 3, 2006 .
