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This UNDP report presents the findings of participatory action-research into the traditional justice systems of indigenous villages in Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.  The research took place over the period of March and April 2006.  The study has two main purposes: 1) to describe traditional justice systems and practices and raise issues for consideration in policy and legislative development that would maintain access to justice for indigenous communities through protection of indigenous peoples’ authorities, procedures and norms; and 2) to describe some of the difficulties indigenous peoples face in finding just resolutions to their problems outside their village and to suggest some possible solutions, largely based on their own ideas. 

This UNDP report presents the findings of participatory action-research into the traditional justice systems of indigenous villages in Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.  The research took place over the period of March and April 2006.  The study has two main purposes: 1) to describe traditional justice systems and practices and raise issues for consideration in policy and legislative development that would maintain access to justice for indigenous communities through protection of indigenous peoples’ authorities, procedures and norms; and 2) to describe some of the difficulties indigenous peoples face in finding just resolutions to their problems outside their village and to suggest some possible solutions, largely based on their own ideas. 

This book aim is to help officials, aid agencies, civil society organizations and judges and lawyers to fulfill the true purpose of the law, with a human rights-based approach. The guide has been procuded by UNDP's Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative.  It is a handbook with practical suggestions for implementing access to justice programmes. 

The agenda of this paper is to examine the interface between formal and informal justice systems in the Philippines.  Tentative proposals for the future between these two systems and future projects that may enrich this forum are discussed. Overall, the goal of the paper is to enrich the opportunites of marganilized populations in the Philippines to invoke the coercive powers of the official national legal system in their favor. The paper focuses on the problems of indigenous peoples. 

Main objective of this training manual is to enhance the capacity of indigenous leaders, educators, and organizers to engage in national and international processes and mechanisms, particularly REDD+ and its outputs.

Developed to support the mainstreaming and integrate indigenous issues in processes for operational activities and programmes at the country level, following the normative and programmatic framework presented in the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues.

Translated versions of UDNRIP: Bahasa, Bisaya, English, French, Ilokano, Pilipino and Spanish

A repository of presentations given at prominent events by a range of institutions (e.g., World Bank; RRI, TERI) exploring a range of policy, institutional and rights issues relevant to REDD from a number of different angles.

This briefing is a response to the draft Interim Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation  (REDD+) Partnership Agreement.  The draft was published in May 2010 and is intended to address a broad range of aspects of REDD+, including the improvement of knowledge transfer and capacity enhancement, mitigation actions and technology development.

89-page manual published by the World Agroforestry Centre. Provides a practical introduction to the relationship between land tenure and land claims, explains land tenure systems and pluralisms, familiarizes practicioners with a range of interventions, and addresses confusing policies that inadvertently cause competing land claims.  This manual looks at land tenure conflicts via case studies.