September 13 in History
2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
On this day in 2007, the United Nations voted by a vast majority of 143 (4 against, 11 abstaining, and 34 absent), to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a legally non-binding resolution that delineates and defines the individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples, including their ownership rights to cultural and ceremonial expression, identity, language, employment, health, education, and other issues. Their ownership also extends to the protection of their intellectual and cultural property.
The Declaration, the goal of which is to encourage countries to work alongside indigenous peoples to solve global issues, such as development, multicultural democracy, and decentralization, prohibits discrimination against indigenous peoples, and promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them and their right to remain distinct and to pursue their own visions of economic and social development,
Since 2007, the four countries voting against have reversed their position and now support the Declaration.
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