MEMA Database

The MEMA Information Database is a compilation of over 750 documents that relate to engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and formed the basis for the MEMA Reports I & II. The documents may be legislation and regulations, or it may be guidance and recommendations by governments, Arctic Council, academia, NGOs, industry and Indigenous People.

This database may be interrogated in many ways, such as by source (government, Arctic Council, Indigenous Peoples, industry, academia, NGO, or the UN), or by type of activity (oil and gas, marine management, shipping, tourism, preparedness/response, and scientific research) or by country. Each entry has a link to the document and has metadata containing a summary of the engagement in the document, whether it is law, agreement or guidance, who is being engaged, key words, and the stage of engagement, among other parameters.

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No.	Document Name	Year	Sector	Group	Contributor	Purpose of Document	Type of Document	Principles	Recommendations for Engagement	Download
621	Lehr, A., Indigenous Peoplesƒ?? Rights and the Role of Free, Prior and Informed Consent: A Good Practice Note endorsed by the United Nations Global Compact Human Rights and Labour Working Group (Feb. 20, 2014)	2014	General	Government - International	UN	This Good Practice Note provides background on the history of FPIC, without taking a definitive viewpoint on its legal status. Indeed, FPIC is relevant to business regardless of its precise legal status since lenders, indigenous peoples, civil society, and other stakeholders increasingly expect companies to obtain consent. The Good Practice Note also explores the business case for obtaining FPIC and the challenges that are likely to arise in the process: outlines current company good practices to obtain FPIC: and discusses emerging practices that not only support FPIC but also long-term benefits for affected indigenous communities.	Good Practice Note			621_FPIC_Indigenous_Peoples_GPN.pdf
622	Occupational safety and health and skills in the oil and gas industry operating in polar and subarctic climate zones of the northern hemisphere, Report for discussion at the Tripartite Sectoral Meeting on Occupational Safety and Health and Skills in the Oil and Gas Industry Operating in Polar and Subarctic Climate Zones of the Northern Hemisphere (Geneva, 26ƒ??29 January 2016), TSMOGI/2016, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION Sectoral Policies Department, GENEVA	2016	Resource Development	Government - International	ILO	In particular Chapter 3.3. Health of indigenous and tribal peoples, pg. 26				622_wcms_438074.pdf
623	The role of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and other indigenous specific mechanisms (article 42) by Lars-Anders Baer, International Expert Group Meeting on the theme Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 25 - 27 January 2017, New York Division for Social Policy and Development Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS	2017	General	Government - International	UN	Review of developments in the Arctic, with a focus on Finland, Norway and Sweden				623_Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Implementation Sami and Inuit.pdf
624	U.N. Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, A/HRC/15/37 (July 19, 2010)	2010	General	Government - International	UN	an analysis of corporate responsibility with respect to indigenous rights, in the framework of the international communityƒ??s expectations in that regard.				624_2010_hrc_annual_report_en.pdf
625	UN Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples Issues, 2008 Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DSPD/DESA	2008	General	Government - International	UN					625_resource_kit_indigenous_2008.pdf
626	Code of Ethics Related to Native Americans. Grant management. National endowment for the humanities	n.d.		Governement, USA	National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency in the United States		Webpage, Code of Ethics.			626_Code of Ethics Related to Native Americans.pdf
627	UNEP, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Principle 22 (1992).	1992	General	Government - International	UN		Policy		PRINCIPLE 22 Indigenous people and their communities, and other local communities, have a vital role in environmental management and development because of their knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support their identity, culture and interests and enable their effective participation in the achievement of sustainable development.	627_RIO_E.pdf
628	United Nations Conference on Environment & Development Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992 AGENDA 21	1992	General	Government - International	UN	26. Recognizing and strengthening the role of indigenous people and their communities				628_Agenda21.pdf
629	United Nations Development Programme, UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (July 2014).	2014	General	Government - International	UN	require that all UNDP Programmes and Projects enhance positive social and environmental opportunities and benefits as well as ensure that adverse social and environmental risks and impacts are avoided, minimized, mitigated and managed.	Guidelines	Principle 1: Human Rights 12. UNDP recognizes the centrality of human rights to sustainable development, poverty alleviation and ensuring fair distribution of development opportunities and benefits and is committed to supporting ƒ??universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.ƒ? 13. UNDP adheres to the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) Statement of Common Understanding of the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Cooperation and Programming (UN Common Understanding) which outlines that development programmes and policies should further the realization of human rights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments. UNDPƒ??s Strategic Plan 2014-2017 also recognizes the human rights-based approach as a key engagement principle in pursuing development outcomes. 14. In furthering the realization of rights, UNDP shall both refrain from providing support for activities that may contribute to violations of a Stateƒ??s human rights obligations and the core international human rights treaties, and seek to support the protection and fulfillment of human rights. 15. In its Programmes and Projects, UNDP will uphold the principles of accountability and the rule of law, participation and inclusion, and equality and non-discrimination, noting that prohibited grounds of discrimination include race, ethnicity, gender, age, language, disability, sexual orientation, religion, political or other opinion, national or social or geographical origin, property, birth or other status including as an indigenous person or as a member of a minority. UNDP will also ensure the meaningful, effective and informed participation of stakeholders in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Programmes and Projects. 16. UNDP seeks to support State efforts to meet their human rights obligations as requested, however, UNDP does not have a monitoring role with respect to human rights. In the context of UNDP Programmes and Projects, UNDPƒ??s due diligence obligations require UNDP to monitor compliance with its policies.		629_UNDPs-Social-and-Environmental-Standards-ENGLISH.pdf
630	Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 3	2012	General	Government - International	UN: Anaya, J.	The Special Rapporteur addresses some issues that have arisen during his consultations over the past year with indigenous peoples, business enterprises, States and non-governmental organizations. In particular, he notes that a focus on the rights implicated in the context of a specific extractive or development project is an indispensable starting point for discussions involving extractive industries operating in or near indigenous lands. In this connection, consultation and free, prior and informed consent standards are best conceptualized as safeguards against measures that may affect indigenous peoplesƒ?? rights. The Special Rapporteur also suggests that the ƒ??protect, respect and remedyƒ? framework, which is incorporated into the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, should apply to advance the specific rights of indigenous peoples in the same way as it applies to advance human rights more generally. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur notes that there is a fundamental problem with the current model of natural resource extraction in which the plans are developed with little or no involvement of the affected indigenous community or peoples concerned, and in which the corporation is both in control and the primary beneficiary of the extractive operation. He suggests that a new model more conducive to indigenous peoplesƒ?? self-determination is needed, which he will examine in more detail in a future report.				630_A-HRC-21-47_en.pdf