UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 2007.

Resolution about the Declaration of the International Decade of the Indigenous People of the World, 2000.

Charter of the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, 1997.

Leticia Declaration, 1996. Results of the International Meeting of Indigenous and Other Forest-Dependent Peoples on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests. Leticia, Colombia 9 - 13 December 1996.

Draft of Inter-American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1995). Approved by the Inter- American Commission of Human Rights.

Agenda 21 of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration, from the UN Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992.

Kari-Oca Declaration, 1992. From theWorld Conference of Indigenous Peoples on Territory, Environment and Development. Karioca, Brazil, 25-30 May 1992.

World Bank’s Operational Directive on Indigenous Peoples. 1991.

ILO Convention 169  Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries- from the 1989 Convention of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

Convention on Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property- UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1970.

American Convention on Human Rights, Organization of American States, 1969.

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man.

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.

International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights  from 1948.