Contributions made by ECLAC from a rights perspective regarding indigenous peoples' and afrodescendants' affairs, 2013-2015

Work undertaken by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC to meet the demands outlined above focused on analysing the sociodemographic behaviour of indigenous peoples and Afrodescendants, the relevant determinants and implications of this behaviour, with a view to contributing to the design and monitoring of policies and programmes. Its work in this area is based on a human rights perspective, with particular emphasis on indigenous peoples’ right to cultural integrity and their right to participate through their own organizations. One of the approaches used for improving participatory processes involves significantly increasing the technical assistance made available to the countries for training in the processing and analysis of sociodemographic data; Afro-descendent and indigenous organizations are involved in this training effort, which is understood to be a two-way process.