Progress report on preparatory work for the study regarding best practices carried out to implement the recommendations contained in the annual reports of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen (2006)

The Special Rapporteur mentions his recommendation to Colombia that 'except where expressly requested by an indigenous community which has been fully apprised of the implications, no aerial spraying of illicit crops should take place near indigenous settlements or sources of provisions.'

Citation:  Rodolfo Stavenhagen, 'Progress report on preparatory work for the study regarding best practices carried out to implement the recommendations contained in the annual reports of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people' (2006) E/CN.4/2006/78/Add.4

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