CULTURAL RIGHTS
10
CERD General Recommendation XXIII on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, op cit, para, 4.
11
CRC Concluding Observations on Burundi, UN doc. CRC/C/15/Add.133 at para. 78, 1998.
12
Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children, Recommendations,
CRC, 34th session, 2003.
13
Among others, CESCR Concluding Observations on Panama, UN doc. E/C.12/1/Add.64,
2001, para. 12; Colombia, UN doc. E/C.12/Add. 1/74, 2001, para. 12; Ecuador, UN doc.
E/C.12/1/Add.100, 2004, para. 58.
14
Bamaca Velasquez Case, Judgment of 22 February 2002, Series C, No. 91, para. 81;
Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community Case, Judgment of 31 August 2001, Series C,
No. 79, para. 149; Plan de Sánchez Massacre Case, Judgment of 29 April 2004, Series C,
No. 105, para. 51; and Aloeboetoe et al. Case, Judgement of 10 September, 1993, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights, Reparations, Series C, No.15 para. 62.
15
G and E v. Norway, Applications Nos 9278/81 and 9415/81 (1983) 35 ECHR Decisions
16
Advisory Committee on the FCNM, Opinion on Norway, ACFC/INF/OP/I(2003)003, at 2.
and Reports 30, at 35.
17
Advisory Committee on the FCNM, Opinion on Russian Federation,
ACFC/INF/OP/I(2003)005, paras 49–51.
18
See, Advisory Committee on the FCNM, Opinion on Russian Federation, op. cit.;
Switzerland, ACFC/INF/OP/I(2003)007, para. 33; Spain, ACFC/INF/OP/I(2004)004; and
Poland: ACFC/INF/OP/I(2004)005, paras 41–7.
19
Report of the African Commission’s Working Group of Experts on Indigenous
20
Commentary on the Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and
Population/Communities, adopted by resolution at the 35th Ordinary Session, 2004.
Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights, UN doc.
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/38/Rev.2. See also Report of the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples,
Private Sector Natural Resource, Energy, Mining Companies and Human Rights, Geneva,
5–7 December 2001, E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/2002/3, 3, 2002.
21
HRC General Comment No. 23, op.cit., para. 6.1. See also Addo, M. (ed.), Human Rights
Standards and the Responsibility of Transnational Corporations, The Hague, Kluwer Law
International, 1999; Macklem, P., ‘Indigenous rights and multinational corporations at
international law’, 24 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 475 (2001).
22
UNDP and Indigenous Peoples: A Policy of Engagement (2001).
23
Operational Directive 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples, 1991. See also Draft Operational
Policy 4.10 Indigenous Peoples, 17 May 2004, Revised Consultation Draft. Available at:
www.bicusa.org
24
Asian Development Bank, The Bank’s Policy on Indigenous Peoples, April 1998.
25
Inter-American Development Bank, Profile on an Operational Policy for Indigenous
Peoples, 13 February 2004. Available at www.iadb.org/sds/doc/ind-GN2296E.pdf. See also
Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Resource Book on Participation, Annex,
‘Strategies and Procedures on Socio-cultural Issues as Related to the Environment’, 1990.
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