Resumen
- On 13 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DHRIP). Regarding the promotion of human rights of Indigenous Peoples, the declaration is an outstanding achievement that rewards the intensive work of many indigenous leaders and human rights’ activists. As it will be unveiled in this chapter, the issue of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples is closely related to conservation of biological diversity and sustainable development (SD). Not surprisingly, many of the leaders and activists who celebrated the UN Declaration on 13 September were also present three years later, on 29 October 2010, celebrating the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.