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Does the State have an overarching national implementation strategy to
attain the goals of the Declaration?
If yes:
• Please provide details about the national implementation strategy
• Has the strategy been successful in attaining the goals of the Declaration?
• Were indigenous peoples included in the processes undertaken to establish
the national implementation strategy?
If not:
• Please explain plans to develop and establish a national implementation
strategy, including whether indigenous peoples will be consulted on these
measures; or
• If there are no plans to establish a national implementation strategy, please
explain why not
Have specific legal, policy or other measures been adopted especially to
implement any or all rights in the Declaration?
If yes:
• Please provide detail about the measures adopted to implement the
Declaration with reference to the specific rights in the Declaration, for
example self-determination, participation in decision making, cultures and
languages, non-discrimination and equality, lands, territories and resources
and treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with states
• Is the Declaration explicitly mentioned in such measures?
• Have these measures been successful in attaining the goals of the
Declaration?
• Were indigenous peoples included in the development of these measures?
If not:
• Please explain plans to adopt measures to implement the Declaration,
including whether indigenous peoples will be consulted on these measures; or
• If there are no plans to adopt measures to implement the Declaration, please
explain why not
When devising laws, policies or other measures that affect indigenous peoples,
do governmental bodies routinely take into account the Declaration (including
indigenous peoples’ rights to participate in decision making that affects them)?
If yes:
• Are governmental bodies responding to an explicit and formalised law or
policy making procedure that directs governmental bodies to take into
account the Declaration?
If not:
• Do governmental bodies take into account the Declaration on an ad hoc
basis?
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