Indigenous & tribal peoples' rights in practice [electronic resource] : a guide to ILO convention no. 169.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Programme to promote ILO convention no. 169 (PRO 169)

International Labour Standards Department.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation, International.

Convention Concerning Labour Administration--Role, Functions, and Organisation (1978).

Convention Concerning Labour Administration--Role, Functions, and Organisation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Indigenous and tribal peoples' rights in practice

Place of Publication:

[Geneva : International labour organization, 2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication is a result of collaborative efforts of a wide group of ILO staff, indigenous organizations, experts and researchers on the main aspects of indigenous and tribal peoples' rights. It hopes to provide governments, indigenous and tribal peoples and workers' and employers' organizations with a practical tool for the implementation of indigenous peoples' rights, based on the experiences, good practices and lessons learned that have been generated so far.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; How to use this Guide; I. IdentiIfication of Indigenous and triIbal peoples; 1.1. Coverage of ILO Convention No. 169; 1.2. Identification of indigneous people in statistics; 1.3. Comments by the ILO supervisory bodies: Coverage; 1.4. Practical application: Statement of Coverage; II: The concept of indigenous peoples in the context of rights; III. Government responsibilities; 3.1. Coordinated and systematic action; 3.2. Fundamental rights; 3.3. Special measures; 3.4. Key provisions for implementation

3.5. Comments by the ILO supervispry bodies: Coordianted and systematic action3.6. Practical application: Government responsibilities; 3.6.1. Coordinated and systematic action; 3.6.2. Combating discrimination and closing the socio-economic gaps; IV. Indigenous institutions; 4.1. Retaining and developing indigenous customs, traditions and institutions; 4.2. Practical application: Respect for indigenous institutions; V. Participation, consultation and consent; 5.1. Consultation and participation; 5.2. Comments by the ILO supervisory bodies: Consultation and participation

5.3. Practical application: consultation and participation5.3.1. Procedures for consultation; 5.3.2. Establishment of consultative bodies; 5.3.3. Participants in elective bodies; 5.3.4. Participation in local governance; VI. Customary law, penal systems and acccess to justice; 6.1. Customs and customary law; 6.2. Offences and penal systems; 6.3. Access to justice; 6.4. Practical application: Customary law; VII. Land and territories; 7.1. The concept of land; 7.2. Protecting the right to ownership and possession; 7.3. Displacement

7.4. Comments by the ILO supevisory bodies: Rights to lands and territories7.5. Practical application: Lands and territories; VIII. Natural resources; 8.1. Rights to natural resources, consultation, benefits and compensation; 8.2. Comments by the ILO supervisory bodies: natural resources; 8.3. Practical application: Natural resources; IX. Development; 9.1. The right to development; 9.2. Practical application: Development; X. Education; 10.1. Individual and collective aspects of the right to education; 10.2. The quality of indigenous peoples' education

10.3. Diminishing discrimination and prejudices through education10.4. Practical application: The right to education; XI. Health and social security; 11.1. Equality and adequacy of services; 11.2. Practical application: Health and social security; XII. Traditional occupations, labour rights and vocational training; 12.1. Respect for indigenous peoples' traditional occupations; 12.2. Respecting labour rights; 12.3. Access to vocational training; 12.4. Practical application: Employment and labour rights; XIII. Contacts and cooperation across borders; 13.1. People and peoples divided by borders

13.2. Practical application: Cross-border contact and collaboration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-122379-5

OCLC:

767502554