SLP 06 (2014)

ILO Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, the use of cultural rights of individual members of indigenous communities protected by Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as the main legally binding provision on minorities in human rights law, and the use of property rights that are being recognised collective (or community) dimension by regional human rights bodies. The author concludes that these three approaches, although based on different international law instruments and developed within different international fora, are mutually supportive and strengthen each other. They require all the relevant State to consult and cooperate in a good faith with indigenous peoples in case of any activity that threatens their traditional life. Individual, minority and collective rights – they all merge in case of indigenous peoples in order to protect a decent life of their members.

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