Abstract
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favor, with 4 votes against and 11 abstentions. During the Durban Review Conference in April 2009, 182 states from all regions of the world reached consensus on an outcome document in which they “Welcome[d] the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which has a positive impact on the protection of victims and, in this context, urge[d] states to take all necessary measures to implement the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with international human rights instruments without discrimination…” (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference, 24 April 2009, para. 73).
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