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(m) Implement strict regulations to mitigate environmental pollution and
hazardous working conditions that disproportionately affect Indigenous Peoples,
particularly those related to extractive industries;
(n)
Develop and implement training programmes for government officials,
judicial and law enforcement personnel, health-care providers and educators on the
rights and needs of Indigenous persons with disabilities;
(o)
Support Indigenous-led initiatives, including Indigenous health-care
systems, that promote the rights and needs of Indigenous persons with disabilities;
(p)
Design national action plans and launch campaigns to combat stereotypes,
stigma and racial discrimination against Indigenous persons with disabilities,
promoting their rights and full inclusion, empowerment and full participation in society;
(q)
Design and implement, in consultation with Indigenous women with
disabilities, policies that address their specific needs, ensuring access to sexual and
reproductive health services, protection from gender-based violence and opportunities
for education and employment;
(r)
Include the perspectives and needs of Indigenous persons with disabilities
in the adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies;
(s)
Provide the financial means necessary to develop accessible technologies
and infrastructure that enhance the full participation and inclusion of Indigenous
persons with disabilities in social, economic and political life. Ensure the availability of
information in Indigenous languages and the accessibility of communication formats,
particularly in health care, education and public services.
91.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that businesses, donors and investors,
including international development and finance institutions:
(a)
Include Indigenous persons with disabilities in regulatory frameworks on
human rights due diligence that require the identification, prevention, mitigation and
accounting for any human rights risks for Indigenous persons of disabilities of business
or development projects. That includes assessing the potential social, environmental
and cultural impacts of projects, as well as the human rights track record of project
proponents and partners from the perspective of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and
the rights of persons with disabilities;
(b)
Secure the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples before
enacting or funding any projects that may affect their rights, including their rights to
lands, territories and resources. Provide the resources necessary to support the full and
effective participation of Indigenous persons with disabilities in all consultation
processes;
(c)
Require and conduct comprehensive and independent human rights and
environmental impact assessments of business and development projects on Indigenous
lands and resources on Indigenous persons with disabilities;
(d)
Provide targeted training to staff and incentives for organizational
learning to better understand and include the rights of Indigenous persons with
disabilities in business and development projects due diligence and monitoring reports
and documents.
92.
The Special Rapporteur addresses the following recommendations to
United Nations human rights mechanisms and entities:
(a)
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities should develop
a general comment on Indigenous persons with disabilities, in close consultation and
cooperation with Indigenous Peoples;
(b)
The United Nations and its bodies, funds and programmes should include
the rights of Indigenous persons with disabilities in their respective areas of work;
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