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V - Legal Authority - Indigenous People

V - Legal Authority - Indigenous People

This indicator is part of the set of Indicators of the Legal Security of Indigenous and Community Lands estimated by LandMark (http://www.landmarkmap.org/). it answers to the following question: Does the law recognize all rights that Indigenous Peoples exercise over their lands as lawful forms of ownership? Each indicator is assigned a score from 1 (-> Yes, the law addresses the issue fully) to 4 (-> No, the law does not address the issue.) ot Not applicable (-> N/A Not applicable is used in cases where the subject matter in question is non-existent.). The scoring of indicators is based exclusively on express legal provisions.

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