A/HRC/51/50
80.
The internationalization of agreements may help foster implementation, as shown in
the case of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia, which was adopted as a special
agreement according to common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The signing
of the agreement under international law strengthened guarantees of its implementation and
ensured continuity of the transitional justice process despite political changes.148
81.
Opening up issues related to treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements
to international scrutiny, including United Nations human rights treaty bodies, may raise
awareness of their relevance, build trust, help redress asymmetries and encourage consistent
application of a human rights-based approach, contributing to respectful and healthy
relationships between States and indigenous peoples.
82.
Consideration of the creation of an international mechanism to focus on the
implementation of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements in addition to the
existing United Nations bodies should not be lost. In the outcome document of the Alta
conference, indigenous peoples recommended that the General Assembly call for the
establishment of an international mechanism to provide oversight, redress, restitution and the
implementation of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between
indigenous peoples or nations and States, predecessor and successor States.149 Since then, no
other recommendations have been made for its establishment.
148
149
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Submission of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, see also César Rojas Orozco,
“Estatus jurídico internacional del acuerdo de paz colombiano”, Revista Estudios de Derecho, vol. 75,
No. 165 (2018), pp. 131–149, see
https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/red/article/view/334760/20790563.
Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting of the
General Assembly to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, June 2013, Alta
Outcome Document , theme 2 (2), see
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/wc/AdoptedAlta_outcomedoc_EN.pdf.