A/HRC/18/35/Add.2
Annex
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples on the situation of the Sami people in the Sápmi
region of Norway, Sweden and Finland
Contents
Paragraphs
Page
I.
Introduction.............................................................................................................
1–2
4
II.
The Sami people......................................................................................................
3–8
4
III.
The general legal and policy framework .................................................................
9–31
5
A.
Cross-border Sami institutions and initiatives ................................................
9–13
5
B.
Norway ...........................................................................................................
14–20
6
C.
Sweden............................................................................................................
21–26
7
D.
Finland ............................................................................................................
27–31
8
Areas of concern .....................................................................................................
32–71
10
A.
Self-determination ..........................................................................................
32–45
10
B.
Rights to lands, waters and natural resources .................................................
46–62
13
C.
Maintaining languages....................................................................................
63–65
17
D.
Culturally appropriate education ....................................................................
67–71
18
Conclusions and recommendations .........................................................................
72–89
19
A.
General legal and policy framework...............................................................
72–73
19
B.
Self-determination ..........................................................................................
74–78
20
C.
Rights to lands, waters, and natural resources ................................................
79–87
21
D.
Language and education .................................................................................
88–89
21
IV.
V.
3