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SDG implementation and monitoring should be guided by indigenous peoples’ human rights, as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and multiple other human rights instruments. For proper monitoring, rights-related indicators and disaggregated data are indispensable.
Key findings and concerns:
Special measures and measurements are required to overcome the persistent marginalisation of indigenous peoples
None of the proposed indicators or principles for disaggregation address indigenous peoples’ particular situation and some indicators may undermine indigenous peoples’ rights
In order to get it right:
Indicators must be defined to uphold indigenous peoples’ human rights.
States should include an “indigenous identifier” in official data collection to ensure adequate disaggregation of data.
Where disaggregation is not yet possible, sample data can be collected through participatory approaches - in collaboration with indigenous peoples’ organisations.
Monitoring should draw on the experiences and capacity of existing human rights monitoring mechanisms.
