A/77/514
3.
Civil society (including religious or belief actors)
(a)
Recognize the responsibility or complicity of religious and other civil society
institutions in violating the rights of indigenous people and provide appropriate remedies to
the victims.
(b)
Promote interfaith dialogue that engages adherents of indigenous spirituality,
including youth, opposes stereotypical narratives based on religion or belief identity, and
includes space for syncretism.
(c)
Continue undertaking and supporting advocacy, monitoring, and reporting,
effectively holding States and non-State actors to account for violations of the freedom of
religion or belief of indigenous peoples.
(d)
Continue to engage with the UN human rights system, including Special
Procedures, EMRIP, and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.229
4.
Media
(a)
Provide training to staff to address misinformation/stereotypes towards
indigenous peoples and their spirituality, and combat speech inciting violence,
discrimination, and hostility in accordance with human rights standards and guidance,
including the Rabat Plan of Action, Fez Plan of Action, and UN Strategy and Plan of Action
on Hate Speech.230
5.
Private enterprise
(a)
Promote and respect the rights of indigenous peoples in line with the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, even when domestic law fails to
recognize or protect those rights. When seeking FPIC, processes should respect their rights
and customary decision-making processes. Those seeking to use or commercialize traditional
indigenous iconography, art, or other cultural practices,231 especially related to indigenous
spirituality, should also recognize their contributions appropriately and carefully consider
who benefits from that cultural borrowing/appropriation.
(b)
Seek to provide suitable opportunities for indigenous peoples who face
disadvantage and discrimination in wider society.
6.
Museums and Cultural Centres
(a)
Collaborate with traditional custodians and government officials to facilitate
prompt and culturally-sensitive repatriation of indigenous peoples' ceremonial objects, and
human remains, according to relevant international guidance, with attention to those with
spiritual significance.232
7.
Political parties
(a)
Initiate opportunities for indigenous participation through meaningful
representation within political parties and raise indigenous rights through party platforms so
they may gain wider recognition.
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https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2.html.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Articles19-20/Pages/Index.aspx;
http://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/publications-andresources/Plan_of_Action_Religious-rev5.pdf; http://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/hatespeech-strategy.shtml.
ILO 169, art.16; UNDRIP.
https://www.unidroit.org/instruments/cultural-property/1995-convention/.
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