Regional Law No. 196-OZ “On representatives of indigenous peoples”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Koryak Autonomous Area Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Indigenous peoples Environmental audit Access-to-information Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes legal status and competence of authorized representatives of indigenous peoples with a view of ensuring traditional rights of indigenous peoples, traditional environment and traditional way of life thereof. Authorized representatives of indigenous peoples can be non-governmental entities, associations or natural persons. Authorized representative shall have the following rights: (a) to make proposals related to institution of traditional nature areas of indigenous p Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su