Thematic Report of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group (IPMG) for the SDGs for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Prepared by:
Joan Carling Co-convenor of the IPMG for the SDGs Adviser on the SDGs Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples International Centre for Policy Research and Education) joan.carling77@gmail.com www.tebtebba.org
April 2017

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 muttiple other human rights instruments. For proper monitoring, rights-related indicators and disaffregated data are indispensable.