d) The NCIP field offices in coordination with Local Civil Registrar offices shall ensure that all marriages performed under Customary Laws before the enactment of IPRA shall be registered accordingly and from thereon, marriages performed under Customary Laws shall be registered within fifteen (15) days following the solemnization. Section 9. Right to a Name, Identity and History. The fundamental right of a person to a name and peoples’ right to their history shall be recognized and respected. Accordingly, the ICCs/IPs naming systems and customs shall also be recognized and respected and shall have the right to their indigenous names registered with the Civil Registry as their formal appellation to be used in all official documents establishing their identity. In close coordination with the Office of the Civil Registrar General (OCRG) the NCIP shall take appropriate measures to facilitate the registration of the ICCs/IPs indigenous names. For purposes of effective and efficient civil registration of births and deaths and census taking, the NCIP field offices shall be deputized to register said births and deaths. The paternal or maternal grandfather’s name maybe used as surname. All registrations and census shall be submitted to the nearest Office of Local Registrar. The ICCs/IPs have the right to their histories and to maintain the indigenous names of places within and outside their domains that reflect their unique identity. Section 10. Protection of Community Intellectual Property. The ICCs/IPs have the right to own, control, develop and protect the following: a) The past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as but not limited to, archeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature as well as religious and spiritual properties; b) Science and Technology including, but not limited to, human and other genetic resources, seeds, medicines, health practices, vital medicinal plants, animals, minerals, indigenous knowledge systems and practices, resource management systems, agricultural technologies, knowledge of the properties of flora and fauna, and scientific discoveries; and c) Language, Music, Dances, Script, Histories, Oral Traditions, Conflict Resolution Mechanisms, Peace Building Processes, Life Philosophy and Perspectives and Teaching and Learning Systems. In partnership with the ICCs/IPs, the NCIP shall establish effective mechanisms for protecting the indigenous peoples’ community intellectual property rights along the principle of first impression first claim, the Convention on Bio-diversity, the Universal Declaration of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Section 11. Protection of Religious, Cultural Sites and Ceremonies. The indigenous artistic and historic wealth, ceremonial objects, cultural properties and artifacts constitutes the cultural treasures of the ICCs/IPs and shall be under their protection and disposition: Provided; that cultural treasures and properties shall not be brought outside of the indigenous peoples’ ancestral domains. Towards this end, the initiatives of indigenous peoples to establish museums or centers shall be supported financially and technically by the government. Section 12. Right to Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs and Traditions. The ICCs/IPs have the right to: a) Manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual beliefs, traditions, customs ceremonies; and b) Maintain, protect and have access to their spiritual and cultural sites; c) Use and control ceremonial objects; and d) Repatriation of human remains and artifacts collected without their free and prior informed consent. Page 24