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Indigenous Peoples across society. States, in cooperation and collaboration with
Indigenous Peoples, should carry out strategic planning and develop monitoring
mechanisms and indicators to identify steps for the practical application of the human
rights norms set out in the Declaration and for its effective implementation. States
should create autonomous Indigenous-specific institutions to monitor the
implementation of the Declaration and assess fulfilment of government responsibilities
and obligations.
10.
States should take steps to achieve the ends of the Declaration and the realization
of the right of Indigenous Peoples to the recognition, observance and enforcement of the
treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements they have concluded with
States or their successors. States should work in consultation and cooperation with
Indigenous Peoples to establish fair and transparent mechanisms and processes through
which treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements can be successfully
concluded.
11.
In cases where States have initiated or concluded national inquiries, truth
commissions and other processes or mechanisms for reconciliation, a fundamental step
following up on such commissions is the analysis of action taken by States to respond to
the final reports, conclusions and recommendations that may yield constructive
examples of implementation of the Declaration.
12.
States should provide their civil servants with comprehensive training on the
provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and
its implementation.
13.
Indigenous Peoples should continue to build their own institutional capacity and
expertise on their rights affirmed in the Declaration and on how to enforce them at the
national, regional and international levels, including by participating in lawmaking
work by expanding their opportunities to exercise legislative initiative and to
participate directly in parliaments of all levels.
14.
Indigenous Peoples should be able to engage with lawyers’ groups when ongoing
judicial reviews or litigation on Indigenous Peoples’ rights exist, focusing on the use of
the Declaration. In this regard, it is recommended that steps be taken to create the
conditions and platforms for Indigenous Peoples and State authorities to discuss legal
reforms. States should also assist Indigenous Peoples to initiate educational
programmes together with other actors such as academia.
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