| Actually the struggle to get the world's governments to recognise the human rights of indigenous peoples began long before the United Nations dedicated the decade 1995-2004 to their concerns. But finalising a human rights document was the main aim of those 10 years, which U.N officials labelled a "partnership" between states and the world's roughly 350 million human beings known as tribal, native, aboriginal and indigenous peoples. That decade ends next week -- with just two of 45 articles of the U.N. 'Draft Declaration on the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples' finalised... |