La ausencia de normativa no ha impedido que en la práctica, y cada vez con mayor frecuencia, comunidades indígenas de varias regiones, apelando al derecho constitucionalmente establecido, recurran a sus autoridades y a lo que comprenden como sus usos y costumbres en materia jurídica, para dirimir conflictos de intereses y/o protegerse de agresiones externas.
62. The absence of legislation has not prevented indigenous communities from various regions invoking in practice their constitutionally established right to exercise their authority and what they consider their legal uses and customs and to do so more and more frequently, to resolve situations of a conflict of interest and to protect themselves from external aggression.