Articles from the UN Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

• “own, develop, control and use the lands and territories, including the total environment of the lands, air, waters, coastal seas, sea-ice, flora and fauna and other resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used. This includes the right to the full recognition of their laws, tradition, customs, land tenure systems and institutions for the development and management of resources...” [Part VI, Article 26]
• “full ownership, control and protection of their cultural and intellectual property...” [Part VI, Article 28]
• restitution of lands, territories and resources as well as cultural and intellectual property where these have been taken or damaged without the free and informed consent of the peoples concerned or in violation of their laws and customs [Part III, Article 12 and Part VI, Article 27]
• recognition, respect and measures to protect indigenous sacred places, including burial sites, ecosystems, plants and animals [Part III, Art.13]

(summary taken from “A Failure of Accountability” T.Griffiths, April 2003 full text available at http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/law_hr/ip_devt_stds_failure_accountability_dec03_eng.pdf)