THE Namibian government has been criticised for its reluctance to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 169, which would put into practice the rights of indigenous and tribal people.
The indigenous and tribal people's convention promotes these groups' social, cultural and economic conditions, and forces governments to take responsibility of developing, with the participation of these groups, laws to protect their rights.
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