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IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Since 1968, IWGIA has coop...

There is no universal and unambiguous definition of the concept of 'indigenous peoples', but there are a number of criteria by which indigenous peoples globally can be identified and from which each g...

For indigenous peoples, self-determination is the right to participate in the democratic process of governance and to influence their own future politically, socially and culturally.

For IWGIA, documentation goes hand in hand with promoting, defending and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples. We are monitoring and documenting the status of indigenous peoples' rights and pr...