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transparent adjudication. Any mechanism established for adjudication of disputes
over indigenous peoples’ lands, territories and resources should be agreed upon
between States and indigenous peoples.
Economic and social development
28. Recalling article 32 of the Declaration, which recognizes that indigenous
peoples have the right to “determine and develop priorities and strategies for the
development or use of their lands or territories and other resources”, the Permanent
Forum urges the African Development Bank, the European Investment Bank and the
Nordic Investment Bank to develop and adopt policies on indigenous peoples on the
basis of the Declaration, to ensure that the programmes and projects for which they
provide support respect, promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples.
29. The Permanent Forum welcomes the progress made in the development of
community-based tools to monitor the implementation of the Declaration, the
outcome document of the World Conference on Indigeno us Peoples and the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and encourages collaboration and
contributions from Governments, the agencies of the United Nations system,
indigenous peoples and civil society organizations to the Indigenous Navigator
framework and other tools in order to strengthen community-based monitoring of
global commitments made under the Declaration, the World Conference and the
Sustainable Development Goals.
30. The Permanent Forum is concerned about the recent grant by the World Bank
of a waiver to its indigenous peoples policy (operational policy 4.10) and requests
that the World Bank ensure that waivers will not be used in the future. Furthermore,
the Forum requests that the Bank conduct a review of the impact on indigenous
peoples of the waiver issued to the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of
Tanzania Programme and present its findings to the Forum.
31. The Permanent Forum recommends that the World Bank engage the Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Expert Mechanism on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Permanent Forum in the development of
guidance for the implementation of the new performance standard 7: Indigenous
peoples, of the International Finance Corporation performance standards on
environmental and social sustainability.
32. The Permanent Forum notes the work of the Fund for the Development of
Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC) as a regional
mechanism to provide support to indigenous peoples. The Forum encourages
Member States to strengthen the institutional framework of FILAC and to create
similar bodies in other regions of the world.
Environment
33. The Permanent Forum has made a number of recommendations, in particular
at its seventh and ninth sessions, on conservation and human rights, which to date
remain largely unimplemented. Particular attention has been given by the Forum to
the critical issue of free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples in
establishing and managing any protected area that affects their territories,
livelihoods and resources. Those recommendations should be implemented urgently,
considering the continued infliction of human rights violations on indigenous
peoples in relation to conservation measures.
34. The Permanent Forum urges the Government of Kenya to recognize and
formally protect the land and resource rights of the Ogiek and Sengwer peoples in
line with the Constitution of Kenya, the Community Land Act of 2016 and other
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