Aboriginal Religious and Cultural Rights

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Article 12

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural

traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present

and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artefacts,

designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature.

2. States shall provide redress through effective mechanisms, which may include

restitution, developed in conjunction with indigenous peoples, with respect to their cultural,

intellectual, religious and spiritual property taken without their free, prior and informed consent

or in violation of their laws, traditions and customs.

Article 13

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their

spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies; the right to maintain, protect, and

have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites; the right to the use and control of their

ceremonial objects; and the right to the repatriation of their human remains.

2. States shall seek to enable the access and/or repatriation of ceremonial objects and

human remains in their possession through fair, transparent and effective mechanisms developed

in conjunction with indigenous peoples concerned.