CORE DOMAIN V: HUMAN RIGHTS

To reflect status and trends in the recognition, respect and promotion of IPs’ rights as citizens and as a special category of right-holders provided by a number of international human rights instruments, laws, protocols and conventions including the UNDRIP.

Baseline	Indicator	Tool
EXISTING POLICIES Identifying international instruments ratified by states National laws and policies providing for recognition and protection of IP rights National operationalization and implementation of customary law	# of community members aware of policies; # of implementing laws # of policies implemented at the community level; levels of assertion of rights;
Conflicting policies and programmes) with respect to IPs’ rights (vs. customary law and practice)	# of collective/individual cases emerged from the conflict; No of VAW case; Rate of cases resolved ( customary and/or formal legal system)
C) Access to Public Social Services Including Financial Resources: access ( measured against appropriate information physical/geographical location, cost and quality, sensitive to IPs; culturally appropriate); equality/equity ;fair distribution(measured against discrimination); access to information and how much information do women possess	# of individuals accessing available services/sources ( disaggregated by sex, age and type of services); no. of individuals aware that public services are basic rights and are / should be available number of people trained by government
a) Respect of HR within IP communities: discrimination and violence; who defines what practice is discriminatory or impedes HR Cultural/traditional practices/laws that impacts on human rights (e.g denial of property inheritance for women; violence to girls and women, preferential treatments for men and discriminatory culture against women	no. of cases filed/resolved in customary law; # cases filed in legal court; stories; narrative accounts of human rights violations and/resolutions Status of Girls and women enjoyment of rights within the traditional set-up
b) Access to Justice: Customary and formal legal system; recognition by the formal legal system of the customary justice system ( legal pluralism)	equitable access; # cases actually filed; resolved; emerging jurisprudence or court rulings in favour of IPs rights Level of satisfaction when justice is provided

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CORE DOMAIN IV: TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE

To reflect status and trends in the practice, adherence to traditional governance systems by IPs and its relation to contemporary institutions and governance practices.

Baseline

Indicator

Tool

Existing indigenous political structure/system/practices/ arrangement for self-determination*
- IP governance systems recognized by state
- Custom laws, instruments recognized, ratified by state
Avenues/opportunities for representation accessible to IP’s
- Number of IP’s representing their communities in state bodies
Existing community management plans that are being implemented
Opportunities/support by the state to strengthen self-governance(related to leadership and decision-making)
Engagement with other stakeholders including the government, NGOs, church and other institutions
What are the violations committed against the exercise of IPs Self-Determined Development
Space for women in decision-making mechanisms

Increase or decrease:

State laws recognizing traditional/ customary governance system
Number/Percentage of institutions provided by the state for IP representation
Number/percentage of policies/plans that reflect customary rules/standard
Percentage of community development plan (land use) adopted and being implemented
Number of IP representatives elected in state bodies from the community at the regional, national level.
space for women and percentage of women who are involve in decision-making
Number /percentage of negotiated, rejected and approved projects
percentage of women who are involve in decision-making
Number /percentage of cases violating IP rights that were filed and resolved through customary and /or state laws
Number/percentage of written agreements between the community and stakeholders that are implemented

Use a guide questionnaires and conduct FGD

State laws/policies that are in conflict with the recognition, protection and promotion of IP and human rights

number of collective/individual cases emerged due to conflict of laws
number of cases on Violence Against Women;
rate of cases resolved ( customary and/or formal legal system)

Increase or decrease in number of cases of violations due to conflict of laws; violence against women
% of cases resolved against emerging cases

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CORE DOMAIN III: FULL AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION

To reflect status and trends in indigenous people’s level of representation and participation in decision making processes, and especially in major decision making bodies.

Baseline	Indicator	Tools
a) Mechanism for participation: Existing mechanisms/laws/policies for full and effective participation both customary and state Number of people participating in decision making disaggregated according to sex and age [i.e in community assembly, council of elders; no of people who are able to vote Existence of community regulations and standards on participation in decision-making both customary and state Existing protocol/consensus process/participation mechanism for the FPIC by the community Avenues/opportunities supported by the state for capacity-building among IPs to fully and effectively participate in various decision-making bodies Capacity-building for people that were conducted	Rate of adopting customary decision-making processes (including customary FPIC processes) Increase or decrease in : percentage of indigenous peoples participating in traditional and contemporary decision-making processes percentage of women in authority in decision-making bodies number of appropriate FPIC processes conducted by the government/corporations capacity building activities supported by state; by IP community Percentage of people who have increased their capacity for decision-making and do advocacy work	Use a guide questionnaires and conduct FGD
b) Benefit sharing: Existing mechanisms/customary systems to share/distribute benefits from external forces (e.g. development project) Policies/laws by the state recognizing the customary systems of IPs on benefit-sharing Programs/projects implemented in the land, territories and resources of IPs	recognition and adoption by the state of customary mechanisms/systems on benefit-sharing percentage of IPs who benefited from programs/project implemented by the state incidences of conflicts associated with benefit sharing contestations
c) Access to comm./information Communications systems available and percentage of population accessing such Informations available/ accessible and percentage of population accessing/using these Number and quality of avenues provided by the state to increase awareness of IPs on issues affecting them Number of IPs who are able to access accurate and relevant information	Increase or decrease in number /percentage of population accessing/ using available communications systems and information, % of relevant information; % change attending capacity building activities for full and effective participation

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CORE DOMAIN II: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

To reflect status and trends on the value of, innovations of, and the extent to which traditional knowledge is being utilized, recognized, respected and promoted

Baseline	Indicator	Tools
a) Indigenous language(s): Languages Spoken in the community, [indigenous and non-indigenous) Status and range of professionals (including those as defined by their formal education and those that are experts on traditional knowledge e.g. Pastoralists, traditional healers, seers..etc) who have commend of the indigenous language Government and /or IP community program to promote and transmit indigenous language Legal recognition of indigenous languages by the state	Increase or decrease in percentage of indigenous children who speak study in their mother tongue; Number of government and community programs that promote the use of indigenous language Existence of publication/literature material based in indigenous languages Decrease/increase in indigenous naming mechanism – of both nature and people	Use a guide questionnaires and conduct FGD
b) TK on Resources and territory management TK on resource management validated by scientific methodologies	No. of TK on resource use recognized by policy and science	comparative research on TK and Science on resource and territory management
c) Traditional Occupation: identification and listing of traditional occupations, number of people possessing skills disaggregated according to occupations	Increase/decrease in number of indigenous livelihoods/ practices undertaken by the community , percentage of the population engaged in traditional occupation	case studies of traditional occupation: systems of production, consumption and distribution of products including the market system; customary sustainable use of resources associated to each traditional occupation Family portraits – using taking specific families as case studies and show how traditional occupations change or remain the same across generations Photovoice - giving communities access to camera to capture in photos traditional occupational activities they value most with a story to explain
d) Knowledge sharing/transfer: Existing Mechanisms for knowledge transfer (collective ceremonies, oral narrative, traditional songs, rites of passages) Laws/policies and programs recognizing, protecting and promoting TK and; Laws, policies and or programs discriminating or against TK protection and transmittal	number/percentage of youth, women and elders participating in the transfer of knowledge number/percentage of mechanisms/ instruments recognizing traditional knowledge	Harvesting oral narratives, indigenous poems and songs still actively used as medium for knowledge transfer
e) Cultural Practices: Mutual Aid systems, values Traditional disaster Coping Mechanism Beliefs systems and associated rituals Ways of internal communication [within and outside] Traditional Expressions, performances songs, dances, symbols, designs, rituals Regulation between IP groups	Increase of decrease in: number of TK mechanism recognized, protected and promoted number of mechanisms /support systems to further developed innovated for TK promotion, protection and transmittal Traditional expressions developed and promoted	Use a guide questionnaires and conduct FGD

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CORE DOMAIN I: LAND TERRITORIES AND RESOURCES

To reflect IPs’ control over their customary land territories and resources, recognition of IPs’ land tenure rights by the state, business sector and others, also reflecting the historical context, and prevailing conflicts between customary and statutory control and ownership

BASELINE

INDICATOR

TOOLS

Status and trends on Land Use and Land tenure

Land area of the customary territory as perceived by the IP community ; location, boundaries elevation, slopes, terrain, land formation)
Land areas according to customary land uses; resources and biodiversity found under each land use
Land areas according to customary tenural arrangement [land of the commons, land of the clan, shared lands, private lands, etc)
Forms of tenure according to customary ownership or stewardship
Percentage / number of households having access or utilizing land of the commons; number of households having clan owned, private lands
Land, and resources owned by the community, but under the control of or claimed by the state or corporations
Land areas according to spiritual/and sacred sites
Land areas according to state classification; resources found within; how does this relate with customary land uses
Forms of tenure under statutory laws
Land areas recognized by state as customary lands, instruments recognizing land tenure of IPs, no of HHs/IPs given formal recognition for access/ or ownership
Land and resources owned by the state but used by community [as land of the commons, shared or private]
Land areas prone to disasters

Historical account/data on LTR^[1]/ forms of tenure under customary ownership

state laws that have affected the traditionally owned/used lands/ territories and resources
land used/converted to other uses (privatized, used for extractive industries/plantations, etc.)
existing areas under conflict and historical account of said conflicts

Increase or decrease in land areas:

of customary territory; 2) according to land use;
according to customary land tenure
with customary land tenure, no. of people benefitting
with customary land tenure recognized by state and those not recognized by state
areas of conflicts
areas under control of state or corporations
areas claimed by state but can be used by IP’s
Percentage change of IPs/HHs who have access to land tenure; forest use and other important resource
Laws enacted affecting traditional land-use and land tenure and their effects
No. of communities or % of population affected
Lands converted to different land use
Statutory and /or IP intervention on disaster prone areas
increase or decrease of land areas prone to disaster

Territory map showing different layers:

scope of the territory; land areas according to customary land uses; land areas according to land tenural arrangement, and all other data that can be shown in maps

Matrix showing :

Territory land areas dis-aggregated according to
Ownership/control
Land uses with corresponding areas and resources
Areas of conflicts

Historical changes in territory brought about by major events (i.e disasters, land use conversion, change in tenure) be mapped, may use matrix and needs narrative on causes of changes, effects and impacts, no of IP’s affected

Show in map:

Within the customary territory, show land areas claimed by state and resources within; IP lands recognized by government, number of households or communities involved, others
Show in map changes in land due to state laws on tenure and land use and or land classification, lands affected by what state laws

In relation to forest and water:

FOREST Lands
- under customary control and owned by the commons
- managed and used by IP communities
- shared forest land
- owned by state
- owned by state but being used and managed by the IP community
Laws/policies recognizing, promoting and protecting customary ways of accessing, managing and protecting the forest

WATER

Customary recognition of rights over water (collectively owned/ private? shared?)
Water resources under control of the state
IPs’ perspective on water quality

Increase or decrease in

Percentage of forest protected by state &/or IP’s
Percentage /number of law passed/implemented recognizing the customary rights of people to their forest and its management
Decrease/increase in no. of water sources, water volume, quality and portabilityof water for community use
Incidences of water related violence and tensions

Map data and location of forest and water resources

Lists and analysis of laws,policies, programames and strategies;
Impacts , can be shown through case study

Biodiversity

Biodiversity per unit area in forests
list of endangered species in various ecosystems of the territories
list /existence of invasive species
list stock-take of indigenous medicine plant species

List of flora and fauna of different, uses and assessment on trends from historical information’s [assessment can be qualitative increasing, decreasing, threatened since when?

Trends and changes in access to indigenous medicine

Use of seasonal/bio-cultural calendars

[1] LTR- land, territories and resources

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