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Addressee: Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Paragraph Number: 113
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum reiterates to the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity that, consistent with international human rights law, States have an obligation to recognize and protect the rights of indigenous peoples to control access to the genetic resources that originate in their lands and waters and any associated indigenous traditional knowledge. Such recognition must be a key element of the proposed international regime on access and benefit-sharing, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Area of Work: Traditional Knowledge
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Addressee: UNESCO

Paragraph Number: 113
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that UNESCO hold a world forum on education and indigenous peoples with the participation of indigenous peoples that would contribute, inter alia, to enriching the indigenous education concepts and the pedagogic practices.

Area of Work: Education