Human Rights Standards for Conservation, Part II: which international standards apply to conservation initiatives?

Discussion paper
, 36 pages
PDF (405.07 KB)
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Language:
English
Published: November 2014
ISBN: 9781784311148
Product code:14645IIED

This paper identifies the wide range of international instruments, CBD decisions, and IUCN resolutions and recommendations, that contain provisions relevant to upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in a conservation context. Over 30 broad categories of rights are identified. It forms Part II of a series of three papers that aims to serve as a foundation for developing an accessible Guide to Human Rights Standards for Conservation.

Three supporting documents are linked to this paper:

*Provisions from international legal instruments relevant to the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities(pubs.iied.org/G03847)

*Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity that reference Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities rights and concerns(pubs.iied.org/G03848)

*IUCN resolutions that reference Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ rights and concerns (pubs.iied.org/G03849)

Cite this publication

Jonas, H., Roe, D. and Dilke, A. (2014). Human Rights Standards for Conservation, Part II: which international standards apply to conservation initiatives?. .
Available at https://www.iied.org/14645iied