Editing Multiculturalism (section)

==== Indigenous peoples' rights ====
Although native to Cameroonian land, they faced constant discrimination much like other indigenous groups around the world. The United Nations General Assembly ([[United Nations General Assembly|UNGA]]) adopted the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ([[UNDRIP]]) in 2007. What this allowed was the protection of land and resource rights and prevented others from [[wiktionary:Exploitation|exploiting]] or violating them.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.iied.org/17448iied|title=Indigenous peoples' land rights in Cameroon: progress to date and possible futures|last1=Nguiffo|first1=Samuel|last2=Amougou|first2=Victor|last3=Schwartz|first3=Brendan|last4=Cotula|first4=Lorenzo|date=December 2017|series=IIED Briefing Papers|isbn=9781784315511|publisher=[[International Institute for Environment and Development]]|access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref>{{rp|p=2}} In 2016, a group of indigenous Baka and Bagyeli groups united to form Gbabandi. Gbabandi allowed these indigenous groups to have a form of representation and a declared list of requirements that people of Cameroon had to abide by. Among these requirements were guaranteed land rights, peoples' consent to the usage of their sacred land, traditional chiefs and the ability to participate in "local, regional, and national levels" of political and economic matters. As a result, this established a sense of justice and acknowledgment among indigenous groups in Cameroon and posed for future battles for indigenous peoples' rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/rights-land-natural-resources/news-article/2017/declaration-land-rights-gbabandi-platform-cameroon|title=Declaration on land rights from the Gbabandi Platform, Cameroon {{!}} Forest Peoples Programme|website=forestpeoples.org|language=en|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>