E/CN.4/2004/80 page 24 18 Asian Development Bank, Legal Empowerment: Advancing Good Governance and Poverty Reduction, 2001. 19 See R. Yrigoyen Fajardo, Justicia y Multilingüismo, Guatemala, USAID, 2001, p. 21. 20 See Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform, A Dialogue in Process: Focus on Youth - Interim Report (2003). 21 The Riyadh guidelines specifically mention indigenous children and emphasize that “special attention should be given to children of families affected by problems brought about by rapid and uneven economic, social and cultural change, in particular the children of indigenous, migrant and refugee families” (para. 15). The Beijing Rules contain several provisions with respect to the need to address the cultural diversity of juveniles in the justice system. 22 See the preliminary paper by Leila Zerrougui, Special Rapporteur appointed to conduct a detailed study of discrimination in the criminal justice system (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/3). 23 Background paper presented at the Expert Seminar on Indigenous Peoples and Administration of Justice by Sukas Chakma (HR/MADRID/IP/SEM/2003/BP.11). 24 R. Yrigoyen Fajardo and V. Ferrigno Figueroa, Acceso a la Justicia en Guatemala: Situación y Propuestas, 2003. 25 See Amnesty International, “Honduras: Justice Fails Indigenous People” (1999), and “Honduras: Stop Abuses Against Indigenous People” (2000). 26 Open letter from Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the President of the United States, 22 December 2000. 27 R. Yrigoyen Fajardo, Pautas de coordinación entre el derecho indígena y el derecho estatal, Fundación Myrna Mack, 1999. 28 Delgamuukw [1997] 3 SCR 1010, 1099-1100. 29 Resolution adopted by the International Indian Treaty Council at a Conference of its Commission on Political Prisoners, Prisoners’ Rights and Persons under Detention, held in February 2002. 30 A. Xanthaki, “Indigenous Rights in the Russian Federation: The Case of Numerically Small Peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East”, Human Rights Quarterly, 1 (2004) (forthcoming). 31 Background paper presented at the Expert Seminar on Indigenous Peoples and Administration of Justice by Hassan Idbalkssm (HR/MADRID/IP/SEM/2003/BP.15).

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