United Nations adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The General Assembly, on 13 September 2007, adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them - a move that followed more than two decades of debate.

Press release

• Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
• Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones