Senate moves to prevent return of Jewish archive to Iraq

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37. INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES’ RIGHTS OVER THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

55. The unique relationship between indigenous and tribal peoples and their territories has been broadly recognized in international human rights law. Article 21 of the American Convention and Article XXIII of the American Declaration protect this close bond with the land, as well as with the natural resources of the ancestral territories,[135] a bond of fundamental importance for the enjoyment of other human rights of indigenous and tribal peoples.[136] As reiterated by the IACHR and the Inter-American Court, preserving the particular connection between indigenous communities and their lands and resources is linked to these peoples’ very existence and thus “warrants special measures of protection.”[137] The Inter-American Court has insisted that “States must respect the special relationship that members of indigenous and tribal peoples have with their territory in a way that guarantees their social, cultural, and economic survival.”[138] For the IACHR, the special relationship between indigenous and tribal peoples and their territories means that “the use and enjoyment of the land and its resources are integral components of the physical and cultural survival of the indigenous communities and the effective realization of their human rights more broadly.”[139]

http://cidh.org/countryrep/Indigenous-Lands09/Chap.V-VI.htm

That's the OAS there.