Proposed American Delcaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Authorities and Precedent in International Law)

Headings: 
Indigenous Women
Authors: 
new
Corporate Author: 
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Title: 
Proposed American Delcaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Authorities and Precedent in International Law)
Document Type: 
International Conventions and Declarations
Reference: 
Organization of American States OEA/Ser.L/V/II.110 Doc.22 (2001)
URL: 
http://www.cidh.oas.org/Indigenas/Indigenas.en.01/index.htm
Annotation: 
The proposed American Declaration was approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 1977, but the Declaration has yet to be fully adopted by the Organization of American States. This link provides the full text of the Declaration along with annotations for each individual article. The annotations contain useful information about the basis for the articles in international and domestic authorities and precedents. The only specific mention of women is in Article VI of the Declaration which provides for special guarantees against discrimination and recognizes that violence exercised against individuals because of their gender violates their rights.