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By taking into consideration the diverse contributions presented in this book, and by intertwining them with the overall approach presented in our introduction, this concluding chapter aims to summarise key messages and strategies for supporting Sacred Natual Sites (SNSs) and related indigenous cultural heritage. It does so in a form of introducing and analysing the Statement and Recommendations on: “Recognizing and Safeguarding Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples in Northern and Arctic Regions” (The Conference Statement hereafter) (Pyhätunturi Statement 2013), which was mentioned in the introduction of this volume. The process of writing the Conference Statement was guided by Bas Verschuuren, who serves as co-Chair of IUCN’s Specialist group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas and is co-founder of the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative, to whom we would like to express a special gratitude.
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Article 40 of the CCPR requires States Parties to submit reports on measures taken to give effect to the rights defined therein. An initial report is to be submitted one year after the state ratifies the CCPR, and further reports are required periodically (normally every 5 years). State reports and the Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Committee, http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/hrc/hrcs.htm (accessed 5 March 2007). See Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee on Canada UN Doc. CCPR/C/79/Add.105 (1999). Explicit references to either Article 1 or to the notion of self-determination have also been made in the Committee’s Concluding Observations on Mexico, UN Doc. CCPR/C/79/Add.109 (1999); Norway, UN Doc. CCPR/C/79/Add.112 (1999); Australia, UN Doc. CCPR/CO/69/Aus (2000); Denmark, UN Doc. CCPR/CO/70/DNK (2000); Sweden, UN Doc. CCPR/CO/74/SWE (2002); Finland, UN Doc. CCPR/CO/82/FIN (2004); Canada , UN Doc. CCPR/C/CAN/CO/5 (2005); and the United States, UN Doc. CCPR/C/USA/CO/3 (2006) ; ); Concluding observations on the Sixth periodic report of Finland, CCPR/C/FIN/CO/6, 22 August 2013; Concluding Observations on the Seventh Periodic Report of Sweden, CCPR/C/SWE/CO/728 April 2016, paras 38–39; Concluding observations on the Sixth periodic report of Finland, CCPR/C/FIN/CO/6, 22 August 2013; Concluding Observations on the Seventh Periodic Report of Sweden, CCPR/C/SWE/CO/728 April 2016, paras 38–39.
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Heinämäki, L., Herrmann, T.M. (2017). From Knowledge to Action: How to Protect Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples in the North?. In: Heinämäki, L., Herrmann, T. (eds) Experiencing and Protecting Sacred Natural Sites of Sámi and other Indigenous Peoples. Springer Polar Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48069-5_11
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