State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

This document has been produced by the European Union and UNICEF. The objective of this document is to frame a series of practical recommendations intended for a wide readership of governments, international organizations and agencies, civil society, educators and those who learn from them, in the field of minorities and Indigenous peoples. While working on my research topic, I found this report that describes the existing international legal framework of the right to education of Indigenous people. The document also emphasizes that the educational environment cannot be seen in isolation from the wider societal conditions experienced by Indigenous people and minorities. It describes in details that education is a vital gateway to the enjoyment of a wide range of other rights and fundamental freedoms, without which Indigenous people and their societies remain economically, socially and culturally impoverished.

http://www.unicef.org/lac/worlds_minorities_and_indigenous_peoples_2009.pdf