This conference responds directly to the recommendations in the 2024 report on the Situation of Mobile Indigenous Peoples written by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by creating an interdisciplinary platform to examine the legal recognition, cultural rights, mobility, land tenure, and political participation of mobile Indigenous Peoples. The conference also engages with international developments that increasingly recognize mobility as a culturally embedded practice and form of intangible heritage constituted through complex ecological, social, and epistemological relations. UNESCO’s recognition of transhumance and pastoral mobility as Intangible Cultural Heritage reflects the significance of intergenerational knowledge transmission, seasonal movement, oral traditions, customary social institutions, and collective relationships to land in sustaining mobile lifeways across generations. Official programmes in a glance Official detailed programme CNP ger cinema program Official programme Welcome to a truly global dialogue Speakers and participants are gathering in Mongolia from around the world, representing 20 countries. Likewise, key conference collaborators include the Commission on Nomadic Peoples (CNP) and the World Union on Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners (WUISP)
The conference will bring together more than 60 scholars, researchers, experts, and practitioners from 20 countries to share their research, knowledge, and experiences on a wide range of issues, including pastoralist and nomadic cultures, traditional knowledge systems, cultural rights, climate adaptation, and resilience.