At the 113th General Conference of the ILO (June 2025), the annual report prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations was released. This specialized technical body, which not only reports on the work of the Committee but also makes observations and recommendations on States’ compliance with the international instruments … Read more

The report analyzes 12 experiences in 9 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean – Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Peru – in key sectors such as mining, food, tourism, gastronomy, energy and hydrocarbons. These cases were evaluated using indicators that include labor and commercial relationships, the origin of collaborations … Read more

This tool seeks to disseminate the comments and recommendations of the ILO supervisory bodies in the context of the application of Convention No. 169. It includes extracts from the comments of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations and the reports of tripartite committees of the Governing Body that have examined … Read more

The General Observation was adopted in 2010 by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations to further clarify the concept of consultation. This version of the General Observation includes hyperlinks to most of the documents referred by the Committee of Experts. GeneralObservation2010Convention169eng

The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 51/16. Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples pursuant to his mandate under Human Rights Council resolution 51/16. In the report, the Special Rapporteur provides a thematic analysis of the rights and the situation of Indigenous persons with disabilities. IPwithDisabilities2024eng

The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has prepared the present study pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. It contains an analysis of constitutions, laws, legislation, policies, judicial decisions and other mechanisms through which States have taken measures to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous … Read more

Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/21, and at the invitation of the Government, the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement (The Expert Mechanism) undertook a visit to the United States of America (the United States or the US) from 24 April to 5 May … Read more

The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 47/21, the report of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement. The report is contained in document A/HRC/54/69, to be submitted to the Council at its fifty-fourth session. In that … Read more

Human Rights Council Fifty-fourth session 11 September–6 October 2023 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Canada Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay* Summary The report contains a review of the situation … Read more

In the present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/16, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, focuses on the impact of green finance on Indigenous Peoples and addresses the social and environmental safeguards needed to protect their rights. Green financing – a just transition to protect … Read more

The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has prepared the present study pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. The study concludes with Expert Mechanism Advice No. 16 (2023) on the impact of militarization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. ImpactoofMilitarizationonIPeng

In the present report, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples examines good practices and lessons learned regarding efforts to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, focusing on establishing effective mechanisms at the national and regional levels for the implementation of the Declaration. EffortsUNDIP2023

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 22th. session – New York, 17–28 April 2023 Item 4 of the provisional agenda* Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the … Read more

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 22th. session – New York, 17–28 April 2023 Item 4 of the provisional agenda* Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the … Read more

Application of international labor standards 2023 This is the annual report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR), a key body for the ILO control system on international labor standards. The report includes comments related to the populations and Indigenous Peoples starting on page 987. ILOCAECRanualreportFeb23EN

Visit to Costa Rica Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay Human Rights Council Fifty-first session – 12 September–7 October 2022 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development The report reviews the … Read more

Rights of indigenous peoples Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Seventy-fifth session Item 72 (b) of the provisional agenda In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, focuses on … Read more

Booklet of Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Indigenous and tribal Peoples No. 11, 2021. Booklet 11, updated to 2021, includes the most relevant paragraphs of the judgments, advisory opinions and other decisions of the IACHR, with special emphasis on its pronouncements on the content and scope of rights, State obligations and … Read more

Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Report Indigenous women and the development, application, preservation, and transmission of scientific and technical knowledge 2022 Indigenous women reproduce and protect indigenous identity, culture, and roles in society on the lands and territories they have traditionally owned, used or occupied20. Thanks to this intimate relationship of respect, … Read more