Legal Submissions

Legal Submissions

Natural Justice has made the following legal submissions on issues of importance to our work:

Joint Submission to CBD Secretariat on the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Submission by Natural Justice and 10 other Indigenous peoples’ and community-based organisations, NGOs, and networks on sui generis systems for the protection, preservation and promotion of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, 2013
Joint Submission to CBD Secretariat on the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Submission by Forest Peoples Programme, Natural Justice, and 70 other Indigenous peoples’ and community-based organisations, NGOs, and networks on the in-depth dialogue on connecting traditional knowledge systems and science, on the development of a Plan of Action for Customary Sustainable Use, and on recommendations arising from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2013
Consideration of Initial Elements: Recognizing indigenous and local knowledge and building synergies with science in response to IPBES/1/INF/5
Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Letter of concern from the undersigned organizations regarding the proposed regulation of the European Commission on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization in the union Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Submission from Natural Justice to the Kenyan National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) calling for public consultation over Lamu port
Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Request to World Bank to invite Inspection Panel to participate in the World Bank’s review of its safeguard policies 
Endorsed by Natural Justice, 2013
Recommendations on the thematic report on Indigenous Peoples and Business and Human Rights
Joint submission by Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development and Natural Justice, 2013
Submission in response to UN Global Compact’s Call for Input: FPIC Human Rights Good Practice Note
Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on Best practices in the application of traditional values while promoting and protecting human rights and upholding human dignity
Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Submission on global experiences with access to justice to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Submission by Natural Justice, 2013
Soumission conjointe sur l’accès à la justice des autochtones pygmées dans la province du Nord Kivu (RDC) au Mécanisme d’Expert des Nations Unies sur les Droits des Peuples Autochtones
Soumission conjointe par Natural Justice et Programme d’Integration et de Developpement du Peuple Pygmee au Kivu (PIDP-Kivu), 2013
Comments on Second Consultation Draft of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s Revised Principles and Criteria (Annexes)
Submission by Forest Peoples Programme, endorsed by Natural Justice, Yayasan Setara, and SawitWatch, 2012
Joint Submission to CBD Secretariat on the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Submission by Forest Peoples Programme, Natural Justice, and 24 other indigenous peoples’ and local community organisations and supporting NGOs on customary sustainable use of biodiversity, 2012
UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Submission to Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
Submission by Natural Justice and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development on the impact of large-scale, industrial methods of extraction, production and development on the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities, 2011
Relevant Safeguards for REDD+ Relevant Safeguards for REDD+
Center for International Environmental Law, International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, Kenya Young Greens, Rainforest Foundation Norway, Natural Justice (Section V), and BirdLife International (Section VI and VII), 2011
Programme of Work on Article 8(j) Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions
2011
Vilm Workshop on Traditional Knowledge Vilm Workshop on Traditional Knowledge
2009
Ad-hoc Technical Expert Group on Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources Ad-hoc Technical Expert Group on Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources
2009
Request to World Bank to invite Inspection Panel to participate in the World Bank’s review of its safeguard policies
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