Global efforts to advance indigenous rights
There are more than 370 million indigenous peoples in some 90 countries in the world today, accounting for 15 percent of the world’s poor and one-third of the 900 million people living in extreme poverty. Indigenous people tend to experience low levels of education, increased health problems, higher crime rates and human rights abuses.
Terje Lilleeng 09.06.2011 11.09
To promote and protect their rights, the UN launched, during the recent meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a joint initiative called United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP). Read more
