This is a document that does not bind and therefore the government is not legally obligated to it as it sets out how the existing rights standards apply to how the rights of indigenous people are protected and recognized in different nations. This declaration helps to reduce the level of discrimination which countries with different cultures treat the indigenous and also improve their situation globally.
The declaration and other instrument are significant since the indigenous people are consulted prior to any decision on their property or even their territories so that they can be aware of what’s going on. If they are not consulted then they have the right to be compensated for violation of those rights.
Conflicts can now be resolved fairly and mutually without being biased on one group of people by following acceptable procedures to resolve such conflicts between the states and the indigenous people. This includes procedures such as arbitration, mediation and negations. If the problem persists regional, national, and international courts are involved so that the best mechanisms can be put up for disapproving and human rights violation are examined.
The instruments are significant as they now affirm equity among different individuals in the states. The aboriginal can be treated equally and be respected like any other citizen. These people can now consider themselves same as the others. All services to be offered to the public are distributed to all people in the country.
The indigenous people can now arrange themselves economically, politically and socially so as to bring an end to the discrimination they face as they have a right to do so. The oppression is deemed to end as they can do their things in unity. Citizens at large can now accept the fact that that the indigenous are allowed to arrange themselves and join different parties if they want to be