Legal documents

Conventions, treaties, laws, regulations of any administrative, national or international scope.

India Forest Rights Act

Towards 2006, the Government of India initiated a strong and progressive policy in order to protect traditional communities…

The purpose of the law 10/2015 is to regulate action by public authorities in Spain aimed at safeguarding…

In 2012, civil society and communities successfully lobbied the Benin Government to pass a national law (Interministerial Order…

Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, now has a fatwa (a religious edict) declaring illegal…

Constitution of the Iroquois Confederation, which consists of five indigenous North American nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and…

Declaration 61/295 of the Assembly of the United Nations Organization, approved on 13 September 2007. This Declaration contains…

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by the General Conference of…

The Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted during the General Conference of…

The Saint James’ Way (Route of Santiago de Compostela) is the generic name given to a number of…

Declaration of the Megantoni National Sanctuary with a surface area of 215,689 ha in the district of Echarate…