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International human rights treaties affirm the rights of indigenous peoples to own and control the lands, territories, and natural resources that they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used. Many Southeast Asian countries have plural legal systems, including customary law. This report argues that customary law has both local and international validity, and explores the potential of what legal pluralism can offer as a concept and as a practice in the context of concrete experiences on the ground.

Topic:	Indigenous Peoples
Region:	Asia and Pacific
Resource Type:	Case Study
Author:	Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Forest Peoples Programme, Marcus Colchester and Sophie Chao (eds)
Country:	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
Year:	2011
Language:	English
Sources:	NGO

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