Natural Justice Community Protocols

Protocols developed by Indigenous peoples or mobile or local communities ("community protocols") are gaining recognition as a useful means by which a range of peoples and communities can engage with others according to their values, and on the basis of customary, national and international rights and responsibilities.

This website is intended for Indigenous peoples, mobile and local communities, their community-based and non-governmental organizations, governmental agencies, and researchers, among others, to:

Provide information about community protocols,
Share good practice about the development and use of community protocols,
Highlight the questions that peoples and communities are raising about community protocols,
Provide a range of resources relevant for the development and use of community protocols, and
Act as a clearing house for protocols developed by Indigenous peoples and local communities.

Latest News

Natural Justice Attends Meeting of the Working Group on Extractive Industries
Following the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' press release on 25 April 2013, Stephanie Booker of Natural Justice attended a meeting of the Working Group …
Deulahudi Villagers Map Their Claim Under Forest Rights Act
Deulahudi, a small tribal village in Hrichandanpur Block of Keounjhar District n Odisha, India assembled for a participatory mapping exercise of their Community Forest Resources on 28th April 2013. Th …
Conservation & Society Special Section on Community-based Conservation
The latest issue of Conservation & Society (an open-access interdisciplinary journal exploring linkages between society, environment and development) contains a special section on community-based …