Human Rights
Brief Chronology of International Human Rights Instruments
- Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (2011)
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) (2007)
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992)
- ILO Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (1989)
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Key International Human Rights Mechanisms
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People
- International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Key Regional Human Rights Instruments and Mechanisms
- African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981)
- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- American Convention on Human Rights (1969)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Court on Human Rights
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)
- European Court of Human Rights: UN Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998)
Prospects and Challenges in the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in International Law: Lessons from the Case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua (Alvarado, 2007)
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples (Minority Rights Group International, 2005)
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