The implementation of human rights based actions enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

December 10, 1992

Noeli Pocaterra Uliana

Wayuu Nation
Vice-President of the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Chair of the National Commission on Indigenous Issues.

Noelí Pocaterra is a Wayuu (Guajira) indigenous woman and respected Arawak Elder. She is the founder of the Center for Indigenous Documentation and Research at the University of Zulia, Venezuela, where she studied law.