A/RES/61/295
Article 42
The United Nations, its bodies, including the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues, and specialized agencies, including at the country level, and States shall
promote respect for and full application of the provisions of this Declaration and
follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration.
Article 43
The rights recognized herein constitute the minimum standards for the
survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world.
Article 44
All the rights and freedoms recognized herein are equally guaranteed to male
and female indigenous individuals.
Article 45
Nothing in this Declaration may be construed as diminishing or extinguishing
the rights indigenous peoples have now or may acquire in the future.
Article 46
1.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State,
people, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act
contrary to the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or
encouraging any action which would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the
territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States.
2.
In the exercise of the rights enunciated in the present Declaration, human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all shall be respected. The exercise of the rights
set forth in this Declaration shall be subject only to such limitations as are
determined by law and in accordance with international human rights obligations.
Any such limitations shall be non-discriminatory and strictly necessary solely for
the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of
others and for meeting the just and most compelling requirements of a democratic
society.
3.
The provisions set forth in this Declaration shall be interpreted in
accordance with the principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights,
equality, non-discrimination, good governance and good faith.
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