Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295) is a United Nations resolution passed in 2007. The only countries that voted against it were the settler-colonial states of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.^[1] The declaration states that indigenous peoples have rights to their land and that treaties should be honored.^[2]

References

↑ General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. United Nations. Archived from the original on 2014-09-25.
↑ United Nations General Assembly (2007). United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. [PDF] United Nations.