AG/RES. 2888 (XLVI-O/16)
AMERICAN DECLARATION
ON THE RIGHTS OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
(Adopted at the third plenary session,
held on June 15, 2016)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING the contents of resolution AG/RES. 2867
(XLIV-O/14), “Draft American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,” as well as all previous resolutions on
this issue;
RECALLING ALSO the declaration “Rights of the
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas” [AG/DEC. 79
(XLIV-O/14)], which reaffirms that progress in promoting
and effectively protecting the rights of the indigenous
peoples of the Americas is a priority for the Organization
of American States;