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External sources (not reviewed)

It also recommends that the State party carry out a national debate on investment in

For its consideration of the item, the Forum had before it the documents entitled “Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Forests” (E/C.19/2011/5), “Information from States on addressing the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues” (E/C.19/2011/8), “Report of the international technical expert meeting on the theme ‘Keeping track: indicators, mechanisms and data for assessing the implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights’” (E/C.19/2011/11), “Study on indigenous peoples and corporations to examine existing mechanisms and policies related to corporations and indigenous peoples and to identify good practices” (E/C.19/2011/12) and “Analysis prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on

This multi-pronged approach can include a special law recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, which is

(f) States, when implementing the plan of action for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and in particular, its stated goals to promote non-discrimination and inclusion of indigenous peoples in

In particular, since the CBD asserts the principle that nations have sovereignty over their natural resources, those industries that are interested in making use of genetic resources need to

Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention

While the report does not constitute a global analysis of the economic and social situation of indigenous peoples around the world, of the environmental issues confronting

They claimed that their traditional knowledge had been stolen, and CSIR had failed to comply with the rules of the

It also prohibits, in its article 10, any forcible removal of indigenous peoples from their lands or

(1) The Rules shall apply where the parties to a transaction conducted by use of electronic

The dialogue among United Nations agencies (UNFPA, UN-Women, UNDP, UNICEF and the OHCHR regional office in Cameroon), Government officials and indigenous peoples contributed to identifying challenges in the implementation of Law No. 5-2011 on indigenous peoples and possible strategies for achieving the full and

In the ECA network, several activities aim to prevent illegal trade, e.g. a trilateral meeting with Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China in 2005, establishment of cooperation with the regional intelligence organization (RILO) of the World Customs Organization (WCO), support of ROAP initiatives

Despite clear expressions in all these discussions of the need for the industry to incorporate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

At the same time, they made a number of proposals as to the issues to be addressed further in the preparation of the final study, including

Free, prior and informed consent has been explicitly affirmed in

Protect creativity and reward [public, private and

One suggestion is that applicants for IP rights which consist of, or are developed from, genetic resources should identify the source of these

Afro-Colombian communities, as well as

The national database of genetic profiles for use in judicial investigations has all of the safeguards required to guarantee the following: the information and records are confidential; storage, access and use are restricted; the chain of custody of the samples is controlled in accordance with the legislation currently in force; data are disaggregated, meaning that unique codes are assigned to each processed sample and entered into the database; the genetic information obtained from the samples is used only for identification purposes; queries are answered only by the competent authorities; and sample collection is carried out in full compliance with fundamental rights and due