The International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention ILO 169 did not create any new land rights, but places demands on that those land rights that exist shall be recognized and respected, and that the Sami reindeer husbandry right is to be respected in an equal manner as other land rights in Sweden. The scope of the rights must also be clarified. The shortcomings that exist today apply to the geographical extent of winter grazing, extent of hunting and fishing rights, the right to grant hunting and fishing rights and the protection of the right to reindeer husbandry in relation to other land use. The convention does not grant the samebys the right to veto, however the right to consultation. Samebys are already today the parties entitled on land where the right to reindeer husbandry applies.
