12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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Latest ILO reports
ILO contribution to the 12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
This report addresses the range of Recommendations of the Permanent Forum addressed to the ILO, outlines the main activities of a number of ILO projects addressing indigenous issues during 2012, and highlights the main substantive areas of on-going ILO work on indigenous issues.

Understanding the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) - Handbook for ILO Tripartite Constituents
This handbook aims to answer some of the essential questions regarding Convention No. 169 and is addressed to governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, as well as for indigenous and tribal peoples.

Indigenous & Tribal Peoples' Rights in Practice - A Guide to ILO Convention No. 169
This publication is a result of collaborative efforts of a wide group of ILO staff, indigenous organizations, experts and researchers on the main aspects of indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights. It hopes to provide governments, indigenous and tribal peoples and workers’ and employers’ organizations with a practical tool for the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights, based on the experiences, good practices and lessons learned that have been generated so far.

ILO projects
Programme to Promote ILO Convention No. 169 (PRO 169)
PRO 169 aims at promoting the rights and improving the socio-economic situation of indigenous and tribal peoples, in compliance with the principles of ILO Convention No. 169.

Other ILO materials
United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Brochure (2012): Delivering as One UN at the country level
Indigenous and tribal peoples constitute at least 5,000 distinct peoples with a population of more than 370 million, living in 70 different countries. This Brochure addresses the collective strategy of the five UN agencies in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples.

UN reports

  1. 12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    Indigenous youth: identity, challenges and hope

    12 March 2013

  2. Note by the secretariat of the 12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    Study on the impact of the mining boom on indigenous communities in Australia

    05 March 2013

  3. Note by the secretariat of the 12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    Consolidated report on extractive industries and their impact on indigenous peoples

    20 February 2013

  4. Note by the secretariat of the 12th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

    Study on the situation of indigenous persons with disabilities

    05 February 2013