Call to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for Legal Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites and Customary Governance Systems – November 2015

The 12th of November 2015 The Gaia Foundation and African Biodiversity Network released A Call for Legal Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories, and their Customary Governance Systems. The report aims to provide the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights with persuasive and substantive arguments relating to a core element of original African traditions, namely sacred natural sites and their customary governance systems. It calls for a decisive policy and legislative response.>> Download Executive Summary and the Full ReportWhatch the new film, Revival, celebrating the success of MELCA-Ethiopia, ABN, Gaia and other partners have had so far in securing the legal protection of sacred natural sites, sharing the reflections of custodians and Earth Jurisprudence practitioners from across Africa.