This booklet is a deliverable within the framework of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Project, “Mother Earth: The Impact of Human-Induced Environmental Degradation on the Cultural Rights of Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous Peoples” (Grant Agreement No. 101110520). It serves as a practical guide to understanding the procedures available for bringing complaints related to violations of cultural rights linked to environmental degradation before regional and international human rights and labour mechanisms. Recognising that these systems can be complex and difficult to navigate, the booklet seeks to clarify specialised legal language and procedural requirements. The guide provides an overview of key mechanisms available when domestic remedies have been exhausted, focusing on three main avenues: the Inter-American human rights system, UN treaty bodies and special procedures, and the ILO supervisory system, particularly in relation to ILO Convention No. 169. This booklet is intended to empower Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant communities, advocates, and legal practitioners with an initial understanding of how to seek accountability and redress for harms to their land, cultures, and ways of life caused by environmental degradation. This new version added the bibliography used for the creation of the guide. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Fabris et al. (2026) studied this question.