The following section outlining links and references is divided into several categories.
- international organisations
- non-governmental organisations
- agencies articles of interest
- scholarly articles and case studies
- international declarations and agreements
- news articles
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- The International Movement Against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism
www.imadr.org
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- Information Note on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples.
www.unhchr.ch
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- International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 1995-2004
www.un.org
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- The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
www.unpo.org
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- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesCommission on Human Rights
www.usask.ca
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| Non-Governmental Organisations | |
- Survival International
www.survival-international.org
Survival is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. It was founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK's Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia. Like many modern atrocities, the racist oppression of Brazil's Indians took place in the name of 'economic growth'.
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- Minority Rights Group International
www.minorityrights.org
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.
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- The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs – IWGIA
www.iwgia.org
IWGIA supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.
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- Human Rights watch
www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
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- Refugees International
www.refugeesinternational.org
Refugees International generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement.
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- The Rain Forest Foundation
www.rainforestfoundation.org
Founded in 1989, the Rainforest Foundation US is a non-profit organization based in New York. It is dedicated to protecting the rights of rainforest groups who find their traditional lands and human rights threatened.
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- Forest Peoples Project
www.forestpeoples.org
The Forest Peoples Project's long-term goal is improved social, economic and environmental conditions for indigenous and tribal forest peoples. We are working towards this goal by helping forest peoples defend their rights, develop sustainable livelihood skills, engage with policy makers and strengthen their organisational capacity.
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- The Baka Project
http://baka.sitewala.net
The Baka Project was initiated in 1990 by Father Sergio Janeselli. The goal of the project is emancipation of the Baka Pygmies in their traditional environment — camps in their forest. The project is active in the regions of Djoum and Kribi in the South Province of Cameroon.
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| Agencies Articles of Interest | |
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| Scholarly articles and Case Studies | |
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| International Declarations and Agreements | |
- Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
www.un.org
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- United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
www.unhchr.ch - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
www.unhchr.ch - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
www.unhchr.ch - Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
www.unhchr.ch - Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
www.unhchr.ch
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| News Articles | |
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- Pygmies retract DRC cannibalism claim (Mail & Guardian)
www.npwj.org
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