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Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Political Considerations
Manual

2008 - English - Practical

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities…

National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)

Indigenous Governance | Informed Decision Making | Community Engagement | Consultation | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Land Use Planning | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts

Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Political Considerations

This document reviews some of the dimensions that guide the decision-making processes of Aboriginal governments with respect to resource extraction development. Important decision-making processes such as Impact-Benefit Agreements (IBA), Environmental Assessments (EA), Socio-Economic Assessments, and Devolution are explained so as to support Indig…

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights
Report

2008 - English - Technical

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights

Bettina Schneider, Bob Kayseas, Robert Anderson

Indigenous Governance | Rights and Legal Framework | Canadian Law | International Law | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Indigenous Peoples' Land and Resource Rights

This report from the National Centre for First Nations Governance, discusses Indigenous rights to lands and resources in Canada over the last 50 years. They use a series of case studies related to resource extraction projects that have been developed on the traditional territory of Indigenous communities, to analyze the rights they are able to exe…

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Report

2008 - English - Technical

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and…

Maria Morellato

Indigenous Governance | Rights and Legal Framework | Canadian Law | Consultation | Inherent Rights | International Law | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

In this report from the National Centre for First Nations Governance, Morellato discusses the importance of the Government’s duty to consult Aboriginal people with respect to their traditional lands, resources, and governance. She argues that the decisions made by the Crown can either facilitate Indigenous governance and self-determination or can …

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Conce…

Frank Vanclay, Philippe Hanna

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Informed Decision Making | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Impact Benefit Agreement | Inherent Rights

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent

This paper discusses various contemporary issues surrounding human rights, Indigenous peoples and their relationship with the extractive industries, focusing on the Brazilian context.

Agency Vulnerability, Participation, and the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Agency Vulnerability, Participation, and the S…

Stacy Kosko

Indigenous Governance | Consultation | Pimatsiwin | Self-Determination | Traditional Knowledge | UNDRIP

Agency Vulnerability, Participation, and the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples

This paper draws a distinction between the process and the substantive aspects of self-determination, and identifies participation as a key component of the process aspect, defending its importance in decision-making in any residual areas of shared rule between indigenous and non-indigenous groups or entities.

Civil Society Participation in International Decision Making: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives in the Indigenous Rights Arena
Scientific Paper

2012 - English - Practical

Civil Society Participation in International D…

Enzamaría Tramontana

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Community Engagement | Consultation | Self-Determination | UNDRIP

Civil Society Participation in International Decision Making: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives in the Indigenous Rights Arena

This article looks that the fact that while a number of positive steps have been taken to allow indigenous peoples the possibility to take part in relevant intergovernmental decision-making processes, there’s a need to provide their own self-governing institutions and organisations with a more influential status than that granted to civil society …

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