Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its 34th session : study of the problem of discrimination against indigenous populations.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (38th sess. : 1982 : Geneva)
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10 March 1982
1982/19. Report of the Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its thirty-fourth session: study of the problem of discrimination against indigenous populations[1]79
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling its resolution 22 (XXXVII) of 10 March 1981, in which it recognized the great importance of the subject of the human rights of indigenous peoples and expressed its hope that the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, at its thirty-fourth session, would be in a position to make recommendations to the Commission at its thirty-eighth session an the subject of the promotion and protection of the human rights of indigenous peoples, in the light of the study on the problem of discrimination against indigenous peoples, Mindful of resolution 2 (XXXIV) of the Sub-Commission, which drew the attention of the Commission to the serious and pressing plight of indigenous populations and emphasized the need for special measures to be taken in order to promote and protect the human rights of indigenous populations, Bearing in mind the work carried out by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. José R. Martínez Cobo, Recommends the following draft resolution to the Economic and Social Council for adoption: [For the text, see chapter I, section A, draft resolution I.][1]79 Adopted at the 56th meeting on 10 March 1982, by 35 votes to none, with 7 abstentions. See chap. XVIII.
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