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individual claims and the use of the examination process, and urges States to accede
to this important instrument regarding children in the most vulnerable situations,
many of whom are indigenous, to allow them access to recourse and redress.
Human rights
29. Since the adoption in 2007 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, few States have entered into effective dialogue or partnerships
with indigenous peoples or have undertaken adequate legal reforms to implement
the Declaration. Based on interventions and reports of representatives of indigenous
peoples from all regions of the world at its eleventh session, the Permanent Forum is
alarmed about the ongoing gross human rights violations being perpetrated against
indigenous peoples and therefore calls upon all States to take urgent action to end
such violations and to recognize and respect the human rights standards contained in
the Declaration.
30. The Permanent Forum urges States to provide detailed reports to the Forum on
the implementation of the Declaration. It recommends public education initiatives
and the sharing of best practices in respect of the Declaration, in particular through
training programmes for government agencies, the judiciary and law enforcement
officials, in collaboration with indigenous peoples. Furthermore, the Forum
recommends that such reports be included in the periodic reports mandated under
human rights treaties and the universal periodic review procedures.
31. The Permanent Forum reiterates that indigenous peoples should report to the
Forum on how they are implementing the Declaration in their own communities,
thereby contributing to the growing evidence of how the principles enshrined in the
Declaration are being practised.
32. The Permanent Forum invites members of all United Nations human rights
treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to attend the
annual sessions of the Permanent Forum, as observers, with the objective of
increasing awareness about the distinct human rights and cultural contexts of
indigenous peoples so as to enhance their work in relation to indigenous peoples and
the Declaration.
33. The Permanent Forum reiterates the need for States to address the impact of
militarization, including suppressing constitutional guarantees, appropriation of
land, forcible occupation and displacement, on the land, territorial and other
collective rights of indigenous peoples, perpetrated by security forces, including the
military, militias and other armed groups.
34. Mindful of the systemic discrimination and racism experienced by indigenous
peoples in the law enforcement, judicial and correctional institutions of States
across the globe, the Permanent Forum urges States that have ratified the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination to
comprehensively review the civil rights of indigenous peoples, in particular those of
indigenous women and children who are victims of sexual violence, in order to
ensure that they have fair, non-discriminatory access to justice.
35. The Permanent Forum urges States to promote indigenous communitycontrolled models for the health, social, legal and other sectors of indigenous
communities and service providers to follow in implementing the Declaration. It
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