“Indigenous women are vulnerable to sexual violence. In areas of conflict, indigenous women often fall victim to abuse by members of the military and are subject to sexual enslavement, forced pregnancy, gang-rapes, sexual mutilation and killing.” concerns on the implications of climate change policies on their livelihoods and cultures (UNESA, 2009). Translating International Commitments into Reality Earlier, only in Schedule areas did tribals have ownership over the forest and natural resources. This anomaly has been corrected to a great extent through the Forest Rights Act of 2006. In Schedule VI areas, the rights over resources and their ownership were granted to indigenous peoples. But the Supreme Court of India took away all such rights (T. N. Godavarman vs. Union of India, 1996). Therefore, on one hand the sovereign rights of the state have been asserted.At the same time, through the Rio Declaration, the rights of the indigenous people and the approach to judiciary and transparency had to be ensured. However, the sovereign right over the resources was only seen in the context of outside claims rather than the claims of its own natives over the resources. This selective asserting of rights of the state while ignoring treaties on autonomy of indigenous peoples smells of a double standard. 54 Indigenous women are vulnerable to sexual violence. In areas of conflict, indigenous women often fall victim to abuse by members of the military and are subject to sexual enslavement, forced pregnancy, gang-rapes, sexual mutilation and killing. “In times of crises, indigenous women are often forced to leave their communities and search for shelters and jobs elsewhere, which results in cultural and spiritual isolation as well as their exposure to sexual trafficking and prostitution and exploitation as domestic workers” (International Women’s Forum, 2006:48). Article 256 of the Constitution of India empowers the government to make laws to honor commitments made at the international level. However, since most of the international commitments are not translated in the rule of the land, they cannot be judicially challenged. Implementation of most of the non-legally binding instruments also remains largely on paper. Dams and power plants are being constructed with alarming regularity without a thought being given to sustainable development. Professionals and contractors are reaping the ‘benefits’ – urbanities far away in Delhi get electricity, politicians get kickbacks and applause for the clearance of projects. Organizations and communities who protest for their rights are considered ‘anti-national.’ National laws, policies, structures, and mechanisms programs, Provision under Article 275 of the Constitution of India This section provides for grants to certain states that may be charged to the Consolidated Fund of India as grants-in-aid each year, as decided by Parliament. The purpose is to meet the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)