​The Indigenous Circassian Nation (ICN) Administrative & Legal Structure
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The National Executive
​Indigenous Circassian Governance Body
Great Council Of Adyghe Elders
Indigenous Supreme Court of Circassia
Diplomatic Core
​Governing body politic - Assembly of The First Nation
The international legal personality of the Indigenous Circassian Nation
UNDRIP ;
- Article 3, Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
- Article 4 Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs, as well as ways and means for financing their autonomous functions
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Article 5
Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their
distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions,
while retaining their right to participate fully, if they so choose, in
the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State.
Keepers of Adyghe Khabze ( Traditional Knowledge )
Article 20
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and develop their
political, economic and social systems or institutions, to be secure
in the enjoyment of their own means of subsistence and development,
and to engage freely in all their traditional and other economic
activities. 2. Indigenous peoples deprived of their means of subsistence and development are entitled to just and fair redress.

​Article 35, Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the responsibilities of individuals to their communities.
Indigenous Judicial System
Article 5, Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions, while retaining their right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State.

​Article 34, Indigenous peoples have the right to promote, develop and maintain their institutional structures and their distinctive customs, spirituality, traditions, procedures, practices and, in the cases where they exist, juridical systems or customs, in accordance with international human rights standards.
Diplomatic Missions-At-Large
Article 36, 1. Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders.
2. States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, shall take effective measures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the implementation of this right.
Article 37, 1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements concluded with States or their successors and to have States honour and respect such treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.
Article 35, Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the responsibilities of individuals to their communities.
