section_path: Definitions/Recent/Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
section_name: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
paragraph_text: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  
  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights does not provide a definition of Indigenous peoples stating that, "such a definition is not necessary for purposes of protecting their human rights." In determining coverage of Indigenous peoples, the commission uses the criteria developed in documents such as ILO Convention No. 169 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The commission states that self-identification as indigenous is a fundamental criterion.