2. No indigenous people or individual shall be subjected
to pressures or impositions, or any other type of
coercive measures that might impair or limit their right
freely to exercise their indigenous spirituality and
beliefs.
3. Indigenous peoples have the right to preserve,
protect, and access their sacred sites, including their
burial grounds, to use and control their sacred objects
and relics, and to recover their human remains.
4. States, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, shall
adopt effective measures, to promote respect for
indigenous spirituality and beliefs, and to protect
the integrity of the symbols, practices, ceremonies,
expressions, and spiritual protocols of indigenous
peoples, in accordance with international law.
▼Article XVII.
Indigenous family
1. The family is the natural and fundamental group
unit of society. Indigenous peoples have the right
to preserve, maintain, and promote their own family
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