United in struggle
AMAN works with Indigenous Peoples’ groups around the world to struggle for the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights at an international and regional level. Indigenous Peoples around the world are united by their link to their ancestral territories and traditional knowledge which they have developed over generations.
Their close relationship with their environment means that Indigenous Peoples possess the knowledge and skills to protect Indonesia's wealth of biodiversity.
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A major success of the international Indigenous Peoples’ movement was the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the General Assembly of the United Nations of their rights on 13 September 2007 after a decade long struggle for international recognition.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples establishes:
- The right to self-determination.
- The right to represent himself in negotiations with other parties through the management / institutional customary.
- The right to perform their customary law.
- The right to own and manage land and natural resources.
- The right to identify themselves as Indigenous Peoples.
- The right to intellectual property.
Other legal instruments There are a variety of other international legal instruments which relate to indigenous peoples. These include:
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- ILO Conventions 169 International
Indigenous Peoples Organisations
Tebtebba
The Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education is a indigenous peoples' organisation based in the Philipines born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples recognized, respected and protected.
AIPP
Asian Indigenous Peoples’ Pact is a forum for sharing aspirations, ideas and experiences, consolidating cooperation and solidarity and coordination organizing campaigns on issues affecting indigenous peoples in Asia.
IWGIA
The International Work Group for International Affairs’ overall goal is to endorse and promote indigenous peoples' right to self-determination, their cultural integrity and their right to development on their own conditions. In order to fulfil this task, IWGIA works within a wide range of areas: Documentation, publication, human rights, lobbying, advocacy, research and projects.
