UNPFII Special Rapporteurs

At its Fifth Session, the Permanent Forum appointed a number of its Members as Special Rapporteurs, who were requested to submit papers on specific themes to the Forum at its Sixth Session in May 2007. These papers were distrubuted at the Sixth Session and have been available on the UNPFII website.

The following reports were submitted by the Special Rapporteurs at the Sixth Session

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz & Parshuram Tamang Oil Palm and Other Commercial Tree Plantations, Monocropping: Impacts on Indigenous Peoples' Land Tenure and Resource Management Systems and Livelihoods

Michael Dodson Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

Yuri Boychenko & Parshuram Tamang Methods of Work: developing a questionnaire to enhance the reporting of intergovernmental organizations to the Permanent Forum

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz & Wilton Littlechild Analysis and state of implementatino of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum at its fourth session

 

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At its Sixth session, the Permanent Forum recommneded that further analysis be undertaken on the issues discussed in two the two following reports:

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz & Parshuram Tamang Oil Palm and Other Commercial Tree Plantations, Monocropping: Impacts on Indigenous Peoples' Land Tenure and Resource Management Systems and Livelihoods

As per recommendation 13 of the UNPFII Sixth Session Report, indigenous peoples, relevant private sector bodies, NGOs and United Nations Agencies are invited to make comments on this report. If you agree, these comments will be posted on this website and included in a further analysis of this important issue.

Please forward your comments to: Sonia Smallacombe, SPFII by email:smallacombe[a]un.org or fax to: 1 917 367 5102, by 15 November 2007.

Michael Dodson Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

As per recommendation24 of the UNPFII Sixth Session Report, indigenous peoples, relevant private sector bodies, NGOs and United Nations Agencies are invited to make comments on this report.

Comments are particularly sought in regards to paragraph 24 which states:
“the Permanent Forum should commission a study "... to determine whether there ought to be a shift in the focus on the protection of indigenous traditional knowledge away from intellectual property law to protection via customary law ... The study should consider how indigenous traditional knowledge could be protected at an international level by utilizing customary law, including the extent to which customary law should be reflected, thereby providing guidance to States and, subsequently, protection at national and regional levels”.

If you agree, these comments will be posted on this website and included in a further analysis of this important issue.

Please forward your comments to: Sonia Smallacombe, SPFII by email:smallacombe[a]un.org or fax to: 1 917 367 5102, by 15 November 2007.