The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions KEY POINTS: CHAPTER 5 • The Declaration is a resolution of the General Assembly. Resolutions per se do not create legally binding obligations on States. • The Declaration does not create new rights for indigenous peoples. It elaborates on existing human rights standards and articulates them as they apply to indigenous peoples. • The Declaration adopts language that imposes obligations and responsibilities on States. • Treaty bodies are using the Declaration in their work and recommendations to States. • The Paris Principles establish a broad normative framework from which NHRIs can undertake distinct programmes of work to advance the protection, promotion and realization of the rights of indigenous peoples. 42 | Chapter 5: The implementation of the Declaration