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United Nations

UN/UNESCO sources
Commentary on UN's role

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII)
Part of official website of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
UNPFII Recommendations Database
Official website; Over the course of its annual sessions, the Permanent Forum has made a significant number of recommendations to Member States, the UN system, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector, media, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples organizations. .... the development of a database to monitor their status of implementation [was needed].
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Official website.
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"This mandate was created to:
Promote good practices, including new laws, government programs, and constructive agreements between indigenous peoples and states, to implement international standards concerning the rights of indigenous peoples;
Make recommendations and proposals on appropriate measures to prevent and remedy violations of the rights of indigenous peoples;
Report on the human rights situations of indigenous peoples around the world;
Address specific cases of alleged violations of indigenous peoples’ rights."
Annual thematic reports Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Open access from official website
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
On official website of UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Sections include Overview Mandate Experts Annual thematic reports and studies Country engagement Activities
Statements
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The Expert Mechanism is composed of seven independent experts on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The experts are appointed by the Human Rights Council and are selected on the basis of competence and experience in the rights of Indigenous Peoples, due consideration for experts of indigenous origin, and gender balance.
Martínez Cobo Study of the Problem of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations: Final report (8 September 2014)
Available on official UN website
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (SOWIP)
Open access via official UN website
UN sustainable development & indigenous peoples
Section of larger Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
United Nations Reports on Millennium Declaration Goals (MDGs) and Indigenous Peoples
Another section of official UN website
The United Nations Development Group’s Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Open access
UNESCO and Indigenous Peoples
Official website. Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS), Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme as well as within World Heritage, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diversity of Cultural Expressions

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : A New Interpretative Approach by Andrew Erueti
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9780190068301
Publication Date: 2022
Indigenous Rights and United Nations Standards by Alexandra Xanthaki
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780511494468
Publication Date: 2009
Print copy is at Internat 570 X2a
Pioneer on Indigenous Rights by Rodolfo Stavenhagen.
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 3642341500
Publication Date: 2012
"Stavenhagen, a distinguished Mexican sociologist and professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico, Úrsula Oswald Spring (UNAM/CRIM, Mexico) introduces him as a Pioneer on Indigenous Rights due to his research on human rights issues, especially when he served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. "
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Damien Short (Editor); Corinne Lennox (Editor); Julian Burger (Editor); Jessie Hohmann (Editor)
Call Number: Internat 570 S559.5a
ISBN: 9780367476700
Publication Date: 2020

United Nations material

The Bodleian Library has been a depository library for United Nations material since 1950. The extensive collection of documents, official records and publications goes back to 1946. The collection is kept on open shelf in the Official Papers reading room located on floor 0 (Ground floor) of the Bodleian Law Library. The guide below well help you discover what is there, and what is available online.

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