Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples: General considerations on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples in Asia, Rodolfo Stavenhagen (2007)

Date: 01 December 2007

This report notes that Thailand and Laos' drug eradication programs have led to displacement of indigenous peoples; as a result, some then suffer food shortages, disease, high mortality rates. (see: paragraph 27)

Citation: Rodolfo Stavenhagen, 'Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples: General considerations on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples in Asia' (2007) A/HRC/6/15/Add.3