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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) In 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was released, and in 2009 Australia became a signatory of the declaration. This declaration was the first official acknowledgement of human rights to Indigenous Peoples in the world and was agreed upon after 20 years of work. However, the story of reconciliation in Australia is much longer than the now 30 years since the UN commenced work on UNDRIP. Use and refer to rights and take them to meetings to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are represented through our practice. Particularly Article 14, 15 and 17. PDF: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) . Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples in Australia This sovereignty is a spiritual notion: the ancestral tie between the land, or ‘mother nature’, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were born therefro