established by the mechanisms of the United Nations System which are specialized
in Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights (the Special Rapporteur on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, and the Human Rights Committee). They are also embodied in
the ILO Convention 169, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the
International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.
The standards are also derived from the legislation, public policy, and jurisprudence
of several Latin American countries, as well as pertinent case studies involving
the application of the consultation standard with regard to Indigenous Peoples in
Latin American countries.