Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Promotion of Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Data

Status

Active

Start

2016

Implementation

Social Networks

@OAS_Inclusion

The Program aims to promote the rights of indigenous peoples. It has the responsibility to ensure compliance with the 2022—2026 Action Plan for the Implementation of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (ADRIP). It coordinates the creation of the Working Group for the Implementation of ADRIP.

Objectives

Strengthen the capacities of OAS Member States on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Strengthen coordination and collaboration between regional and international organizations, cooperation agencies, academia, civil society and other social actors with the aim of promoting indigenous people's rights.
Expand and promote cooperation, the exchange of experiences and good practices to strengthen government institutions that develop public policies for indigenous peoples.
Disseminate and implement the Action Plan for the Implementation of the ADRIP and the Convention Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Related Forms of Intolerance.

Activities

Co-organization of the Inter-American Meetings on the Implementation of the ADRIP.
Organization of virtual, hybrid and in-person events to advance the inclusion and full development of Indigenous peoples.

More Results

Results

An Inter-American Meeting for the Implementation of the ADRIP organized together with the Government of Guatemala and PAHO.

Creation of the GT-ADRIP, a mechanism to monitor the implementation of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Cooperation agreement between GS/OAS and Amazon Conservation Team to promote the participation of indigenous youth in OAS internships.

VR 360 Photography Exhibition Indigenous Peoples in the Americas.

Communication campaign on the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Action Plan for its implementation.

Strategic alliance with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Virtual Fair of Good Practices on Groups in Situations of Vulnerability.

Consolidation of human rights, gender, and intersectional approaches in all the section's activities.

Beneficiary Countries