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Addressee: OHCHR, UN entities, Secretariat of the CBD
Paragraph Number: 12
Session: 18 (2019)
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In the light of the emerging international legal framework for local communities, the Permanent Forum recommends that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) prepare, in consultation with other relevant United Nations entities, including the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and before 2022, a comparative legal study that analyses the rights of indigenous peoples and the emerging rights of local communities.
Area of Work: Human rights, Local communities
Addressee: UN System
Paragraph Number: 72
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the first indigenous media zone, established at the sixteenth session of the Forum, and encourages the continuation of this initiative at future sessions, in cooperation with indigenous community media, and, where possible, encourages United Nations entities to continue collaboration with indigenous community media at the regional and national levels.
Area of Work: Capacity Building, Communications
