Convention (No. 169) concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries

• Coming into Force: 05 September 1991
• Subject Terms: Labour
• Date of Conclusion: 27 June 1989
• Registration Date: 20 September 1991
• Citation: UNTS v. 1650
• Registration Number: 28383
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Director-General of the International Labour Office
• Participants: Argentina,Bolivia,Brasil,Central African Republic,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Dinamarca,Dominica,Ecuador,Fiji,Guatemala,Honduras,Luxembourg,México,Nepal,Holanda,Nicaragua,Noruega,Paraguay,Perú,España,Venezuela
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: International Labour Organisation

No.

28383

MULTILATERAL

Convention

(No.

169)

concerning

indigenous

and

tribal

peo-

ples

in

independent

countries.

Adopted

by

the

General

Conference

of

the

International

Labour

Organisation

at

its

seventy-sixth

session,

Geneva,

27

June

1989

Authentic

texts:

English

and

French.

Registered

by

the

International

Labour

Organisation

on

20

September

1991.

MULTILATERAL

Convention

(no

169)

concernant

les

peuples

indig~nes

et

tribaux

dans

les

pays

indkpendants.

Adopt6e

par

la

Con-

f6rence

g6n6rale

de

l'Organisation

internationale

du

Travail

'

sa

soixante-seizieme

session,

Geneve,

27

juin

1989

Textes

authentiques

:

anglais

etfrangais.

Enregistrie

par

l'Organisation

internationale

du

Travail

le

20

septembre

1991.

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1650,

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CONVENTION

(No.

169)'

CONCERNING

INDIGENOUS

AND

TRIBAL

PEOPLES

IN

INDEPENDENT

COUNTRIES

The

General

Conference

of the

International

Labour

Organisation,

Having

been

convened

at

Geneva

by

the

Governing Body

of

the

International

Labour

Office,

and having

met

in

its

76th Session on

7

June

1989,

and

Noting

the

international

standards contained

in

the

Indigenous

and Tribal

Populations

Convention

and

Recommendation,

1957,2

and

Recalling

the

terms

of

the

Universal

Declaration of

Human

Rights,

3

the

International

Covenant

on Economic,

Social

and Cultural

Rights,

4

the

International

Covenant

on

Civil

and

Political

Rights,s

and

the

many

international

instruments

on

the

prevention

of discrimination,

and

Considering

that

the

developments

which

have

taken

place

in

international

law

since

1957,

as

well

as

developments

in

the situation

of

indigenous and

tribal

peoples

in

all

regions

of

the

world,

have

made

it

appropriate

to

adopt

new

international

standards

on the

subject

with

a

view

to

removing

the

assimilationist

orientation

of the

earlier

standards,

and

Recognising

the

aspirations

of

these

peoples

to

exercise

control

over

their

own

institutions,

ways

of

life

and

economic

development

and

to

maintain

and

develop

their

identities,

languages and religions, within

the

framework

of

the

States

in

which

they

live,

and

Noting

that

in

many

parts

of

the

world

these peoples are

unable

to

enjoy their

fundamental

human

rights

to

the

same

degree

as

the

rest

of

the

population

of

the

States

within

which

they

live,

and

that their

laws,

values,

customs

and

perspectives

have

often been

eroded,

and

Calling

attention

to

the

distinctive

contributions

of

indigenous and

tribal

peoples

to

the

cultural

diversity

and

social

and

ecological

harmony

of

humankind

and

to

international

co-operation

and

understanding,

and

Noting

that

the

following

provisions

have

been

framed

with

the

co-operation

of

the

United

Nations,

the

Food

and

Agriculture

Organisation

of

the United

Nations,

the

United

Nations

Educational,

Scientific

and

Cultural

I

Came into

force

on

5

September

1991

in

respect

of

the

two

following

members

of

the

International

Labour

Organisation,

i.e.,

12

months

after

the

date

on

which

their

ratifications

had

been registered

with

the

Director-General

of

the

International

Labour

Office,

on

the

dates

indicated,

in

accordance

with

article

38

(2):

Dareofrisrtn

States

ta

N

orw

ay

...............................................................

19

June

1990

M

exico

................................................................ 5

September

1990

Thereafter,

the

Convention

came

into

force

for

the

following

member

of

the

International

Labour

Organisation

on

7

August

1992,

i.e.

12

months

after

the

date

on

which its ratification

had

been

registered

with

the

Director-General of

the

International

Labour

Office,

on

the

date

indicated

prior to

the

entry

into

force

of

the

Convention,

in

accordance

with

article

38

(3):

Date

of

registration

State

of

the

rattfication

Colom

bia

.............................................................. 7

A

ugust

1991

2

United Nations,

Treaty

Series,

vol.

328, p.

247.

3

United Nations,

Official Records

of

the

Third

Session

of

the General Assembly,

part

I.

p.

71.

4

United Nations,

Treaty

Series,

vol.

993,

p.

3.

5

Ibid.,

vol.

999,

p.

171;

vol.

1057,

p.

407

(rectification

of

authentic

Spanish text);

vol.

1059,

p.

451

(corrigendum

to

vol.

999).

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