A/HRC/24/50
Contents
Paragraphs
Page
I.
Introduction .............................................................................................................
1–2
3
II.
Access to justice for indigenous peoples .................................................................
3–7
3
III.
Access to justice under international law ................................................................
8–18
4
IV.
V.
A.
Legal recognition and remedies ......................................................................
11–15
4
B.
Regional human rights jurisprudence .............................................................
16–18
6
The relationship between access to justice and other rights of indigenous peoples
19–31
6
A.
Self-determination ..........................................................................................
19–23
6
B.
Non-discrimination .........................................................................................
24–27
7
C.
Cultural rights .................................................................................................
28–31
8
Key areas for advancing the right of indigenous peoples to access to justice .........
32–48
9
A.
Advancing access to justice through national courts ......................................
32–34
9
B.
Issues relating to the rights of indigenous peoples to lands, territories
and resources .................................................................................................
35–40
9
Issues relating to the administration of criminal justice in relation to
indigenous peoples..........................................................................................
41–48
10
Indigenous peoples’ legal systems ..........................................................................
49–61
12
A.
International and State recognition of indigenous peoples’ justice systems ...
53–57
13
B.
Linking indigenous peoples and State justice systems ...................................
58–61
14
Access to justice for specific groups .......................................................................
62–77
15
A.
Women............................................................................................................
62–65
15
B.
Indigenous children and youth ........................................................................
66–70
16
C.
Indigenous persons with disabilities ...............................................................
71–77
17
Access to justice, truth and reconciliation and indigenous peoples.........................
78–100
18
C.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
A.
Indigenous peoples and transitional justice processes ....................................
78–85
18
B.
Truth commissions..........................................................................................
86–89
19
C.
Challenges to truth-seeking to address injustices
experienced by indigenous peoples ................................................................
90–95
20
Ways that truth commissions can effectively address the rights and concerns
of indigenous peoples .....................................................................................
96–100
21
Expert Mechanism advice No. 5 (2013): Access to justice in the promotion
and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples ...........................................................................
23
D.
Annex
2