Legal Instruments
Key International Human Rights Instruments
- Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations
“Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (2011) - UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) (2007)
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992)
- ILO Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (1989)
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Key International Human Rights Mechanisms
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People
- International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Key International Environmental Legal Instruments
- International Tropical Timber Agreement (2006)
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) (2001)
- The Earth Charter (2000)
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) (1992)
- Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (2010)
- Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2010)
- Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities (2010)
- Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2010)
- Programme of Work on Protected Areas (2004)
- Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (2004)
- Akwé: Kon voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities (2004)
- Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization (2002)
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000)
- Malawi Principles on the Ecosystem Approach (1998)
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (1994)
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992)
- Agenda 21 (1992)
- Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
- Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991)
- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Wild Species (1979)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973)
- Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (1972)
- UN Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) (1971)
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (1946)
Key International Cultural Rights Instruments
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
- UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
- UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)
- UNESCO Declaration Concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage (2003)
- UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)
- UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001)
- UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
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Publications
Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators (Full Version) (Natural Justice, 2012) |
Biocultural Community Protocols Toolkit: Cover & Table of Contents (Natural Justice, 2012) |
Biocultural Community Protocols Toolkit: PART I: Understanding and Using the Toolkit (Natural Justice, 2012) |
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Biocultural Community Protocols Toolkit: PART II: Documenting and Developing a Biocultural Community Protocol (Natural Justice, 2012) |
Biocultural Community Protocols Toolkit: PART III: Using a Biocultural Community Protocol (Natural Justice, 2012) |
Biocultural Community Protocols Toolkit: PART IV: Reflecting, Reporting, and Revising (Natural Justice, 2012) |
