Article 8(1) and 8(2) of UNDRIP enshrines indigenous peoples’ right not to be subjected to assimilation, or acts that destroy their culture and deprive them of their integrity as distinct peoples. Protection against forced transfer of indigenous children to another group is entailed in this right. This reflects the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime of Genocide, which defines genocide as any act that is committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group – including forcible transfer of children of the group to another group (Article II).
Many indigenous peoples have been subject to government policies of assimilation, including through the forced removal of indigenous children from their families and communities.
Data sources: Human rights reporting from credible national and international institutions.
Please answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and provide additional information in the comment box if relevant.

If any state authorities have removed children from your community, without consent, please tick "yes".
Sometimes state authorities remove children from their parents and community, based on arguments about the child's well-being, that may differ from how the community itself understands wellbeing of children.

This is a simple yes/no question to indicate whether there are any traditions, customs and ceremonies that you are restricted from performing. Such restrictions could, e.g. occur if the state prohibits certain religious practices. If you answer yes, please provide additional information about the circumstances under which your people or community is kept from performing these traditions, customs and ceremonies.

Article 13(1) of UNDRIP enshrines indigenous peoples’ right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit their languages and oral traditions to future generations. The question monitors whether this right is being reflected through official recognition of their languages by the state. Official languages are those given specific legal recognition by the government, and used by state institutions.
Data sources: Constitution and national laws.
Please answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and provide additional information in the comment box if relevant.

The question monitors whether states actively enable indigenous peoples to revitalize, use, develop and transmit their languages, as provided for in article 13(1) of the UNDRIP, in practice. This indicator was developed by the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity in the context of the Convention of Biological Diversity-negotiations.
Data sources: Official communications, documentation and signposting developed by State institutions at national and local levels.
Please answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and provide additional information in the comment box if relevant.

The outcome document of the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (para. 15) states that: "[...] We commit ourselves to developing, in consultation with indigenous peoples, policies, programmes and resources, where relevant, that target the well-being of indigenous youth, in particular in the areas of health, education, employment and the transmission of traditional knowledge, languages and practices, and to taking measures to promote awareness and understanding of their rights." Policies aiming to promote the transmission of traditional knowledge to indigenous youth can for example consist of efforts to recognize and promote indigenous peoples' traditional occupations. In international human rights law, special measures refer to steps taken to advance effective equality of marginalized population groups.
Data sources: Education and employment policies and programmes.
Please answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and provide additional information in the comment box if relevant.

Please indicate whether any part of your cultural heritage, traditional knowledge (e.g. regarding medicine) or traditional cultural expressions (e.g. dance, songs or designs) has been taken or used in the past by states, companies or individuals without permission. If the answer is yes, please provide additional information as possible.

The question monitors whether indigenous peoples’ right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expression has been violated.
Art. 31(1) of UNDRIP specifies that this right applies to the manifestations of their sciences, technologies and cultures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, sports and traditional games and visual and performing arts too.
Data sources: Indigenous organizations, reporting from credible organizations
Please answer ‘yes’, ‘No’, or ‘no information available’ – and use the comment box for additional information if relevant.

Can you access your religious and cultural sites when you wish to, or do you experience barriers?
You are given five response options here, and will have to assess which option best reflect the situation of you people/community:
• Not at all = Your community or people is able to access all religious and cultural sites without any restrictions.
• To a limited extent = Your community or people has experienced few cases where access to religious or cultural sites was denied or limited, but generally access is granted.
• To some extent= Your community or people experiences that access to religious or cultural sites is denied or limited on a regular basis.
• To a considerable extent= Your community or people is only granted access to religious or cultural sites on rare occasions, and/or access within the sites is severely limited.
• Fully = Access to religious and cultural sites is fully denied to your people or community.

Name the three most important cultural, spiritual and religious traditions, customs or ceremonies of your people or community. Such traditions, customs or ceremonies will be different from one people to another and can take a number of very different forms, such as celebrations to mark the passage of a child to adulthood; traditional wedding ceremonies; annual gatherings of traditional authorities or rituals to mark harvests or thank the spirits.

You are given six options to indicate the status of each of the traditions, customs and ceremonies identified in question 33. Chose the option that most closely describe the situation concerning each of these traditions, customs and ceremonies:
§  Safe = The custom, tradition or ceremony is conducted regularly by all generations
§  Vulnerable = the custom, tradition or ceremony is conducted regularly but with limited participation of the younger generation.
§  Definitely endangered = the custom, tradition or ceremony is conducted sporadically and/or with little participation of the younger generation
§  Severely endangered = the custom, tradition or ceremony is conducted sporadically and/or with no participation of the younger generation
§  Critically endangered = the custom, tradition or ceremony is only conducted by a few individuals from the grandparents generation
§  Extinct = the custom, tradition or ceremony is no longer practiced