NCIP Administrative Order No. 1
Series of 2012
The Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSPs) and Customary Laws
(CLs) Research and Documentation Guidelines of 2012
I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 1. Title.
This Guidelines shall be known as “The Indigenous
Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSPs) and Customary Laws (CLs) Research and
Documentation Guidelines of 2012.”
Section 2. Legal Bases. This Guidelines is hereby promulgated pursuant to
the Constitution, Republic Act No. 8371 and other pertinent and applicable laws,
international covenants, treaties and declarations.
Section 3. Policy Statement. It is the policy of the Commission to:
a. Promote,
protect
and
recognize
the
rights
of
Indigenous
Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) to cultural integrity and to
prescribe
protection
mechanisms
at
the
international
and
national
government levels and within the context of relevant customary laws;
b. Ensure and guarantee the due exercise by the concerned ICCs/IPs of their
right to allow or reject, through
free and prior informed consent (FPIC),
research and documentation of their IKSPs and customary laws and their
derivatives; and
c. Regulate the use of IKSPs and customary laws, and ensure that the ICCs/IPs
benefit from the use of research output/outcome.
Section
4.
Operating
Principles.
In
the
conduct
of
research
and
documentation of IKSPs and customary laws, the following principles shall be
observed:
a. Self-determination. ICCs/IPs have the right to determine and decide their
own priorities for development affecting their lives, beliefs, institutions,
spiritual well-being, and the land they own, occupy and use, and to freely
pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.
ICCs/IPs shall
participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies,
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