Existence of participation platforms between the State and indigenous peoples that include population issues, in compliance with international standards. | Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

H.4

Existence of participation platforms between the State and indigenous peoples that include population issues, in compliance with international standards.

Definition:

Existence of mechanisms for substantive participation between the State and indigenous peoples that explicitly include population issues and recognize the collective rights of indigenous peoples.

Notes:

Substantive participation means that indigenous peoples participate in the entire cycle of public policies that affect them. The right to participation is enshrined in ILO Convention 169 (arts. 6 and 7) and in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (art. 18).

Information can be reinforced by consulting government institutions responsible for indigenous peoples’ affairs and indigenous organizations in each country.

Related Instruments

Type

Qualitative

Priority Measures

A.2 - Human rights, gender and interculturality

Apply a human rights approach with a gender and intercultural perspective in addressing population and development issues, and step up efforts to recognize, promote and uphold relevant goals in order to eliminate inequalities and foster social inclusion.

A.3 - Public institutionality

Build and strengthen national and subnational public institutions with responsibility for population and development issues, and ensure that they function in an integral and sustainable manner with the active participation of non-governmental stakeholders.

H.85 - Indigenous peoples rights

Respect and implement the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as Convention No. 169 of the International Labour Organization on indigenous and tribal peoples —and call on those countries that have not already done so to sign it and ratify it— adapting legal frameworks and formulating the policies necessary for their implementation, with the full participation of these peoples, including indigenous peoples that live in cities.

H.86 - Indigenous peoples and demographic dynamics.

Consider the special demographic dynamic of indigenous peoples in public policy design, with special emphasis on indigenous peoples threatened with extinction, those who have no contact with the outside world, those living in voluntary isolation or that are in a phase of initial contact, and respect their right to self-determination.

Topic

H. Indigenous people