All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples is a group in the UK Parliament , chaired by Martin Horwood MP , that was founded in 2007 . Its stated aim is to " raise parliamentary and public awareness of tribal peoples " . The Group meets two or three times a year and one of its main objectives is to press for ratification of ILO Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples . The British international indigenous rights organization Survival International works as its secretariat , and also funds occasional group receptions and events . APPG for Tribal Peoples is composed of over 30 cross-party MPs and peers , and it is headquartered in London
ILO Convention 169
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tribal Peoples