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Guest opinion. On this day, established by the United Nations in 1994 to recognize the rights, struggles and achievements of indigenous peoples, the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) salutes and congratulates indigenous peoples around the world for their courage, vision and commitment to continuous. We especially recognize the steadfast stances of indigenous defenders of human, treaty, cultural and environmental rights who continue to defend their lands and ways of life in the face of brutal repression and criminalization. You are our heroes!
After decades of work in the international arena, indigenous peoples succeeded in leading States to undertake a series of commitments through the adoption of international instruments such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. , and the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous peoples have taken a leading role in creating new bodies and initiatives to advance and protect their rights, cultures and knowledge systems. These include the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Facilitative Working Group on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
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Despite these achievements, we are currently seeing regressive measures being pushed by states around the world. In many cases, these exist in coordination with the economic interests of extractive industries and other mega-projects, and the creation of so-called “protected areas” in their traditional territories without agreement or consent. These activities continue to result in serious violations of the rights of indigenous peoples through the looting and appropriation of their lands, territories, resources and cultural heritage as well as the persecution, criminalization and, in many cases, murders of leaders, authorities and community members who are opposing these threats to the rights and survival of their peoples.
May we all continue to walk the path that our forefathers and forefathers have left us as a legacy that we will leave to future generations.
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of indigenous peoples from North, Central, South, Caribbean and Pacific America that works for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of indigenous rights, treaties, traditional cultures. and the Holy Land.
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