1. Land and Territorial Rights

Agricultural lands

Ancestral domain

Ancestral lands

Ancestral rights

Archaeological sites

Arctic lands

Border Conflict

Ceremonial land

Coastal sea-beds

Collective heritage

Collective land

Collective ownership

Collective rights

Community lands

Cultural development

Cultural practices

Cultural sites

Custodians

Customary land

Customary title

Degradation of land

Degradation of soil

Demarcation

Desert

Displacement

Exploitation

Expropriation

Fertile land

Food security

Foreshore

Homeland

Human settlements

Indigenous Peoples land

Land administration

Land claims

Land invasion

Land title

Military occupation

Mineral exploration

Natural resources

Physical need

Property rights

Protected areas

Relocation

Reservations

Sacred sites

Sovereignty

Spiritual rights

Territorial integrity

Traditional territories

Treaties

Tropical forests

Wildlife

 

2. Environment and Natural Resources

Article 8J of CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

Biological diversity

Biological resources

Biotechnology

Climate

Coasts

Common heritage

Conservation

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Dams

Deforestation

Desertification

Ecological uniqueness

Ecology

Ecosystems

Environmental degradation

Environmental disaster

Environmental justice

Environmental rights

Extractive Industry

Fauna

Fisheries

Flora

Foreshore

Forests

Genetic resources

Kyoto Protocol

Lakes

Land

Medicinal herbs

Medicine

Mountains

Natural resources

Plants

Preservation

Protected areas

Rainforests

Reefs

Resource Management

Rivers

Seabed

Soil

Streams

Sustainable use

Traditional knowledge

Trees

Tropical forests

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Waters

Wetlands

Wildlife

 

3. Culture, Heritage and Spirituality

Arts

Ceremonies

Chants

Common heritage

Customs

Dance

Deities

Dressing

Festivals

Fishing

Folklore

Food

Gathering systems

Heritage

Heroes

Hunting

Legends

Marriages

Music

Myths

Religion

Religious study

Rituals

Sacred sites

Sacred symbols

Songs

Spiritual practices

Totems

Traditional knowledge

Traditions

Values

 

4. Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property

Agricultural knowledge

Artefacts

Article 8J of CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

Arts

Astronomy

Benefits sharing

Bio piracy

Biotechnology

Carving

Convention on Biological Diversity

Crafts

Custodians

Designs

Fishing

Genetic resources

History

Hunting

Indigenous peoples technology

Innovation

Language

Laws

Legends

Medicine

Myths

Navigation

Oral Traditions

Practices

Seeds

Songs

Stories

Textile

 

5. Socio-economic and Development

Agreements

Agricultural practice

Aid

Barter

Commercial fishery

Commercial hunting

Community rights

Compensation

Development

Economic administration

Farming

Fishing

Food gathering

Food security

Harvesting

Logging

Multi-national corporations

Natural resources

Partnership

Pastorals

Plantation

Projects

Seaports

Sustainable development

Technology

Textile

Tourism

Trade

Trans-national corporations

 

6. Specific Groups

Administrative authorities

Alliances

Artisans

Artists

Children

Cooperative groups

Coordination

Craft persons

Custodians

Elders

Farmers

Fishermen

Forest peoples

Hunters

Immigrants

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

Indigenous Peoples of Africa

Indigenous Peoples of Arctic

Indigenous Peoples of Asia

Indigenous Peoples of Central America

Indigenous Peoples of North America

Indigenous Peoples of Russia

Indigenous Peoples of South America

Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Region

Indigenous Peoples organizations

Institutions

Lawyers

Medicine people

Minorities

Natives

Non-governmental organizations

Paramilitary

Pastoralists

Persons with disabilities

Refugees

Spiritual leaders

States

Teachers

Textile persons

Trade unions

Traditional authorities

Tribal leaders

Tribal people

Women

Youth

 

7. Health

Access to health care

Adolescent health

AIDS

Alcoholism

Birth control

Dance

Diabetes

Diseases

Diseases, degenerative

Diseases, geriatric

Diseases, venereal

Drinking water supply

Drugs – basic & generic

Food security

Health systems

Herbal medicine

Hunger

Indigenous health knowledge

Infant mortality

Infections

Malaria

Malnutrition

Medicine

Medicine Peoples

Mental illness / health

Midwifes

Nutrition

Physical integrity

Primary health care system

Right to food

Sacred healing places

Sanitation

Social well being

Spiritual guides

Spiritual malaise

Traditional knowledge

Traditional medicine

Trauma

Tuberculosis

Waters

Wildlife

 

8. Education

Agricultural research

Arts

Astronomy

Bilingual education

Cultural study

Education

History

Information

Inter-cultural education

Journalism

Language

Literature

Media

Multicultural education

Navigation

Oral knowledge

Philosophies

Right to Education

Sacred sites

Schools

Teachers

Traditional education system

 

9. Labour

Capacity building

Child labour

Employment

Farmers

Fishermen

Forced labours

ILO Convention 107

ILO Convention 169

Labour conditions

Labour health & safety at work

Labour standards

Migrant labours

Mining labours

Salary

Slavery

Strikes

Trade unions

Traditional occupations

Unemployment

Vocational training

 

10. Women

Abortion

Childcare

Communication

Education, Women

Empowerment, Women

Gender discrimination

Health, Women

Leaders, Women

Maternity benefits

Midwifes

Motherhood

Participation, Women

Religious leaders

Sexual exploitation

Slavery

Traditional knowledge

Traditional medicine

Women labours

Women network

Women practitioners

Women Rights

Women’s cooperative

 

11. Children and Youth

Adoption

Child abuse

Child rights

Child slavery

Cultural rights

Decision-making, Youth

Economic rights

Education, Child

Employment, Youth

Freedom, Child

Girl Child

Health, Child

ILO Convention on the

Rights of the Child

Infant mortality

Labour, Child

Mal nourishment

Participation, Youth

Rural children

Sexual exploitation

Social rights

Street children

Traditional values

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Urban children

Youth organizations

Youth rights

 

12. Human Rights

Child rights

Civil Rights

Collective rights

Cultural rights

Discrimination

Economic rights

Environmental rights

Freedom of expression

Freedom of religion

Fundamental rights

Indigenous peoples rights

Intellectual property rights

Political rights

Property rights

Right to development

Right to education

Right to employment

Right to health

Right to self-determination

Social Rights

Special rapporteur

Standard setting activity

Territorial rights

Women’s rights

 

13. Politics, Laws and Governance

Agreements

Autonomy

Citizenship

Civil rights

Code of conduct

Commercial law

Communal land ownership

Conflict resolution

Constitution

Constructive arrangements

Corporations

Criminal law

Cultural rights

Customary legal systems

Decision-making

Demarcation

Development laws

Economic rights

Fair trial

Federalism

Free, prior & informed consent

Fundamental rights

Government policy

Indigenous institutions

International instruments

Judicial system

Juridical status

Legal aid

Legislation

Local affairs

Patent laws

Political participation

Political Parties

Political rights

Political status

Power sharing

Property ownership

Protection

Religious freedom

Self-governance

Self-identification

Social rights

Sovereignty

States

Territorial integrity

Traditional Congress

 

14. United Nations Systemsm Instruments and Agencies

Security Council

International Court of Justice

General Assembly:

  • Special Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on Decolonisation

Programmes & Funds:

  • UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
  • UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
  • UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • UN Development Programme (UNDP)
  • UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
  • UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Other UN Entities:

  • Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
    • UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
    • UN Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of Indigenous Populations
  • Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Research & Training Institutes:

  • UN International Research & Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
  • UN Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR)
  • UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Human Rights Treaty Bodies:

  • Human Rights Committee (HRC)
  • Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (CESCR)
  • Committee Against Torture (CAT)
  • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
  • Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Economic & Social Council:

Functional Commissions:

  • Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
    • Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    • Open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development
    • Special Rapporteur to undertake a study on indigenous peoples' permanent sovereignty over natural resources
    • Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
    • Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
    • Sub-Commission on the Promotion & Protection of Human Rights of the CHR
      • Pre-sessional Working Group on Indigenous Populations
      • Working Group on the Administration of Justice
      • Working Group on Indigenous Populations
      • United Nations Working Group on Slavery
  • Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
  • Commission for Social Development (CSD)
  • Commission on Science & Technology for Development (CSTD)
  • Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
  • Commission on Population & Development (CPD)
  • Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGO)

Other Subsidiary Bodies:

  • UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  • UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Specialized Agencies:

  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • World Bank (WB)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD)
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • World Tourism Organization (WTO)

UN INSTRUMENTS:

  • Charter of the United Nations
  • UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) (1966)
  • UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) (1966)
  • Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
  • UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
  • UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • UN Convention Against Torture (CAT)
  • UN Convention on the Prevention & Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  • ILO Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
  • ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
  • ILO Convention 107
  • ILO Convention 169
  • UN Convention on Biological Diversity
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  • UN Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR)
  • UN Convention to Combat Desertification
  • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
  • Trade related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)

 

15. UN Documents & Declarations

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  • UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries & Peoples
  • UN Declaration on the Elimination of All forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (1981)
  • UN Declaration regarding Article 14 of UN Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination (1963)
  • Declaration on Race & Racial Prejudice
  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
  • UN Declaration on the Right to Development
  • UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity
  • UN Conference on Environment & Development (UNCED)
  • Rio Declaration on Environment & Development
  • Agenda 21
  • Durban Declaration & Programme of Action
  • Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
  • UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Declaration of the World Summit on Physical Education
  • Vienna Declaration & programme of Action

UN Secretariat

  • Office of the Secretary General
  • Office of Legal Affairs
  • Department of Political Affairs
  • Department of Economic & Social Affairs
  • Department of Public Information

 

16. Treaties and Other Constructive Arrangements

Bilateral Treaties & Accords

Legally binding

Treaty claim

Treaty obligations

Treaty relationship

Treaty study

Treaty violations