What is the need for a human rights commission on the Navajo Nation?
Recent events that have occurred in border town communities involving the abuse and death of Navajo peoples led the Navajo Nation Council to establish the NNHRC. In addition, the NNHRC is taking an active role in advancing the recognition of indigenous rights at world forums by attending working groups for the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Organization of American States (OAS) draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.