Protocols developed by Indigenous peoples or mobile or local communities (“community protocols”) are gaining recognition as a useful means by which a range of peoples and communities can engage with others according to their values, and on the basis of customary, national and international rights and responsibilities.

In this video, Indigenous Peoples concerned, experts and practitioners on the ground discuss community protocols, answering the questions: Why are they so important to ensure justice for Indigenous and Local Communities? And what makes them so successful?

Video Produced by Natural Justice in collaboration with Moving Images (India) and with support from Shuttleworth Foundation.

For more information visit www.naturaljustice.org and www.community-protocols.org

Overview of Community Protocols around the world

courtesy of www.community-protocols.org

CANADA

• Mi’kmaq Ethics Watch Principles and Guidelines for Researchers Conducting Research With and/or Among Mi’kmaq People
• Namgis First Nation Guidelines for Visiting Researchers/Access to Information
• Protocols & Principles for Conducting Research in a Nuu-Chah-Nulth Context
• Sealaska Heritage Institute Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights Policy
• Six Nations Council Research Ethics Committee Protocol
• Tl’azt’en Nation Guidelines for Research in Tl’azt’en Territory
• Traditional Knowledge Research Guidelines: A Guide for Researchers in the Yukon
• Working with Gwich’in Traditional Knowledge in the Gwich’in Settlement Region/Gwich’in Traditional Knowledge Policy

UNITED STATES

• Alaska Federation of Natives Guidelines for Research
• Assembly of Alaska Native Educators’ Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge
• Dehcho Land Use Planning Board Traditional Knowledge Policy
• Deh Cho First Nation Traditional Knowledge Research Protocol
• Hopi Cultural Preservation Office Protocol for Research, Publications and Recordings
• Kahniakehaka Nation Akwesasne Good Mind Research Protocol
• Model Tribal Research Code
• Model Tribal Resolution to Establish Local and National Policy Protection for Indigenous Knowledge and Biological Resources
• Negotiating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities: A Guide for Researchers

COLOMBIA

• Alto San Juan Biocultural Community Protocol (Spanish) (English)

HONDURAS

• Protocolo Bio-cultural del Pueblo Indígena Miskitu (Protocol) (Article)

PANAMA

• Kuna Biocultural Protocol (brief case study) (Spanish presentation)

PARAGUAY

• Propuesta de protocolo paraun Proceso de Consulta y Consentimiento con los Pueblos Indígenas del Paraguay

PERU

• Inter-Community Agreement for Equitable Benefit-sharing in the Potato Park (brief case study) (book)

KENYA

• Samburu Community Protocol

SOUTH AFRICA

• Bio-cultural Protocol of the Traditional Healers of Bushbuckridge

INDIA

• Raika Bio-cultural Protocol
• Biocultural Protocol of the Gunis and Medicinal Plants Conservation Farmers of the Mewar Region of Rajasthan
• Bio-cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Healers of the Malayali Tribes
• Lingayat Biocultural Community Protocol
• Biocultural Community Protocol of the Maldharis of Banni

MALAYSIA

• Community protocols in Sabah, Malaysia, facilitated by Partners of Community Organizations

PAKISTAN

• Pashtoon Biocultural Community Protocol

NEW ZEALAND

• General Guidelines and Protocols for Filming within Iwi (Tribal) Boundaries
• A Guideline for Filming within the Rohe of Ngai Tahu

AUSTRALIA

• Aboriginal Research Engagement Protocol
• Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Guide to Community Protocols for Indigenous Language Projects
• Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies
• Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resources in the Northern Territory
• North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Research Guidelines and Protocols
• Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Media Arts
• Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Music
• Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Visual Arts
• Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing