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representatives and leaders in all transitional justice institutions and conflict
prevention initiatives and to develop training programmes on human rights and
Indigenous Peoples’ rights for concerned government agencies. It recommends that
the Human Rights Council request that OHCHR, in cooperation with relevant United
Nations entities, prepare a companion report by 2025 related to the guidance note of
the Secretary-General on the United Nations approach to transitional justice.
77. The Permanent Forum urges Member States and relevant United Nations entities
to ensure the right and access to media by and for Indigenous Peoples, as enshrined
in article 16 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
It calls upon Member States to cooperate with Indigenous journalists, as well as with
OHCHR and other relevant United Nations entities, on the effective protection of
Indigenous journalists from criminalization and violence.
78. The Permanent Forum is concerned that HIV acquisition rates are higher
in Indigenous communities than in the general population. The Permanent Forum
encourages the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to continue its focus
on Indigenous Peoples.
79. The Permanent Forum recognizes the efforts of WIPO to support Indigenous
Peoples in taking part in its processes, including through training programmes and
support from its voluntary fund for Indigenous Peoples. It urges WIPO and its
member States to ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in
meetings, including the Diplomatic Conference in 2024 and its related preparatory
meetings, on one or more international legal instruments relating to traditional
knowledge, traditional cultural expression, genetic resources and folklore.
80. The inclusion and full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, as
beneficiaries and partners in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, while
avoiding negative impacts on their rights are essential. The Permanent Forum
recommends that States and relevant United Nations entities cooperate with
Indigenous Peoples to fully consider their situations during the midpoint review at
the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in 2023, including in the preparations at
the high-level political forum on sustainable development.
81. The Permanent Forum acknowledges the progress made on its recommendation
to FAO and WHO to revise the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide
Management to include Indigenous Peoples’ views. The Permanent Forum urges FAO
and WHO to develop guidance notes on the risk of pesticide use in Indigenous
Peoples’ territories, in consultation with Indigenous Peoples.
82. The Permanent Forum welcomes the report on the study on implementing free,
prior and informed consent in the context of Indigenous Peoples (E/C.19/2023/6),
presented at its twenty-second session by a former member of the Permanent Forum,
Alexey Tsykarev. The Permanent Forum agrees with the recommendation in the study
that Member States and businesses treat Indigenous Peoples as rights holders and
work collaboratively with Indigenous Peoples to design effective models for ensuring
that free, prior and informed consent is honoured. It urges States, with the full and
effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, to develop national standards to ensure
free, prior and informed consent for all development activities by private and public
companies.
83. The Permanent Forum reiterates its previous recommendations on the ongoing
plastic crisis and the importance of the effective participation of Indigenous Peoples
in the negotiations of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United
Nations Environment Programme on an international treaty to tackle the crisis. The
Permanent Forum welcomes the discussions of the Human Rights Council on the
matter at its fifty-second session.
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