9. RECOGNITION OF COMMUNAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
ASEAN Member Countries recognize that traditional knowledge systems and practices including
designs, technology and oral literature are collectively owned by their local community of origin.
ASEAN Member Countries shall ensure that traditional communities have access, protection and
rights of ownership to their own heritage. ASEAN shall cooperate for the enactment of international
laws on intellectual property to recognize indigenous population and traditional groups as the
legitimate owners of their own cultural heritage.