the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. All four have since then changed their vote in favour. Eleven nations abstained: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, Samoa and Ukraine. Thirty-four nations did not vote, while the remaining 143 nations voted for it. ILO 169 ILO 169 is a convention of the International Labour Organization. Once ratified by a state, it is meant to work as a law protecting tribal people's rights. There are twenty-two physical survival and integrity, but also the preservation of their land, language and religion rights. The ILO represents indigenous rights as they are the organisation that enforced instruments the deal with indigenous rights exclusively. Organization of American States Since 1997, the nations of the Organization of American States have been discussing draft versions of a proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. "The draft declaration is currently one of the most important processes underway with regard to indigenous rights in the Americas" as mentioned by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. By country Australia Canada In Canada "Aboriginal rights" () are those rights that Indigenous peoples enjoy as a result of their ancestors' long occupancy of the land, for example the right to hunt and fish a particular territory. These are distinct from "treaty rights" which are enumerated in specific agreements between Indigenous groups and the state. Both treaty rights and Aboriginal rights are protected by Section 35 of the Canadian constitution of 1982. Denmark The Indigenous people of Greenland gained home rule in 1979 and extended to self-government in 2009. Secession Indigenous peoples have a mere "remedial" right to secession in international law, irrespective of their right of self-determination and self-government, leaving the existence of rights of secession to internal laws of sovereign states, and independence to the capacities of states. See also Bioregionalism Bumiputra Cultural diversity Cultural imperialism Indigenous intellectual property Indigenous land rights International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Free, prior and informed consent Jus sanguinis Minority rights Nativism Survival International Xenophobia References External links The Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Study Guide – University of Minnesota Researching Indigenous People's Rights Under International Law – Steven C. Perkins Indigenous Rights – International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ILO Convention 169 (full text) - Current international law on Indigenous peoples State of The World's Indigenous Peoples