Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

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When
Thursday, September 13 200719 years ago
Category
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Era
21st century · 2000s
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Dates: From 2007.

What happened

History The groundwork toward this declaration began in 1923 and 1925 with the works of Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh and Māori religious leader T. W. Ratana , who attempted to bring attention to Canada's and New Zealand's failure to uphold treaties before the League of Nations , the precursor to the United Nations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Issues concerning indigenous peoples on a world scale began to be reevaluated in 1982 with the establishment of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations,

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

September 13 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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