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Excerpted from: The People's Movement for Human Rights Education,  Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (Full Document)

 

PDHRE round logoWhat are the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Human Rights are universal, and civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights belong to all human beings, including indigenous people. Every indigenous woman, man, youth and child is entitled to the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on equal terms with others in society, without discrimination of any kind. Indigenous people and peoples also enjoy certain human rights specifically linked to their identity, including rights to maintain and enjoy their culture and language free from discrimination, rights of access to ancestral lands and land relied upon for subsistence, rights to decide their own patterns of development and rights to autonomy over indigenous affairs.