Code of Northern Peoples
The Code of Northern Peoples is published at the web-site of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation and can be downloaded here.
This collection comprises legal acts guaranteeing the rights of small-numbered indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, including international treaties, federal legislation and subordinate acts, and court decisions.
Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation have historically occupied a special place in our state. Living mainly in regions with harsh climatic conditions, they have developed a unique way of life and natural resource use which need special state protection. The need for legal regulation of the preservation of the traditional way of life, economic activities and cultural values of indigenous small-numbered peoples cannot be overestimated.
Guarantees of the rights of indigenous small-numbered peoples of Russia in accordance with universally recognized principles and norms of international law and international treaties of the Russian Federation are enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
