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International
Context
Adivasi-Koordination
explicitely refers to the international legal context and
actively participates in the process of further developing the
legal framework:
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International Labour Organisation: ILO first established
binding norms in International Law for the protection of
indigenous peoples’ rights with ILO Convention 107 (1957). In
the year 1969 ILO Convention 169 followed.
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The World Bank released its Operations Directive (OD)
4.20 “Indigenous Peoples” in 1991. From 1st July 2005
onwards OD 4.20 is replaced by Operational Policy (OP) and
Briefing Paper (BP) 4.10.
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The United Nations’ Working Group on Indigenous Peoples (UNWGIP),
which forms part of the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission,
formulated in 1993 a “Draft Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples”.
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The United Nations declared 1993 the “International Year
of the Indigenous Peoples”, 1995–2004 the “Decade of Indigenous
Peoples”, and 2005-2014 the “Second Decade of Indigenous
Peoples”.
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In April 2000 the UN Human Rights Commission decided in
its Resolution 2000/87 to establish a “Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues”.
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