La aplicación del Convenio 169 de la OIT sobre pueblos indígenas y tribales y sus implicaciones en nuestra legislación interna

The main international instrument to protect human rights of indigenous and tribal people is the 169 Convention of The International Labor Organization- ILO-, 1989. Despite Of being in force in Colombia since 1991, its application from the Colombian authorities, still generates tension, especially between the indigenous and tribal people, for which it is directed, and the Colombian State. This motivated the author to present and to analyze through his article some of the most important judicial, administrative and legislative decisions that have been issued in matters related to the Convention. All of this in order to verify the reasons that have prevented its effective application and the full recognition of the ethnic and cultural diversity in our country