A/HRC/18/35/Add.6
Annex
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples on the situation of Kanak people in New Caledonia,
France
Contents
Paragraphs
Page
I.
Introduction .............................................................................................................
1–5
4
II.
The Kanak people ...................................................................................................
6–9
5
III.
The Nouméa Accord ...............................................................................................
10–13
6
IV.
Rights of the Kanak people in the context of decolonization
and international protections for indigenous peoples ..............................................
14-17
7
Human rights issues ................................................................................................
18-63
8
A.
Customary authority and administration of justice .........................................
20–23
8
B.
Kanak participation in the political arena and governance .............................
24–28
9
C.
Lands and resources ........................................................................................
29-40
10
D.
Kanak language ..............................................................................................
41-44
13
E.
Maintaining and broadening awareness of Kanak culture and heritage ..........
45-48
14
F.
Persistent social and economic disparities ......................................................
49-58
15
G.
Children and youth .........................................................................................
59
17
H.
Issues confronting Kanak women ...................................................................
60-63
17
Conclusions and recommendations .........................................................................
64-91
18
A.
General legal and policy framework ...............................................................
64-67
18
B.
Human rights issues ........................................................................................
68-91
19
V.
VI.
3