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This website provides information and resources on FPIC as a tool of self-determination to assist communities in decision making. We have selected articles, tool kits, videos, voice messages, and community stories about FPIC and consultation.

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This report makes recommendations to states, business enterprises, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders for a more effective operationalisation of the guiding principles in relation to the human rights of indigneous peoples.

What is section 35 of the constitution act?
Brief Summary

2018 - English - Practical

What is section 35 of the constitution act?

Erin Hanson


This is a breakdown of Section 35, describing what it is and who it pertains to, why it was implemented, what the results have been, what it allows for, and the debates around it.

Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Role of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Report

2014 - English - Practical

Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Role of Fre…

Amy K. Lehr


Indigenous peoples right to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) for the use of their lands, resources, traditional knowledge, or intellectual property (“FPIC”) is a special protection for indigenous peoples. It is a recent development in international law, although not always effectively implemented in national practice. Companies wishing to …

Rise of the Fourth World: The Internationalization of indigenous rights
Report

2014 - English - Practical

Rise of the Fourth World: The Internationaliza…

Indigenous Rights and Resource Governance Research Group


This report covers the convention Rise of the Fourth World where community came together to discuss breaking the barriers in terms of Indigenous rights.

Framework law for prior consultation: between the instrumentalization and rearticulation of the Bolivian indigenous movement
News Article

2013 - Español - Practical

Framework law for prior consultation: between …

Petropress, Miguel Vargas


Article of analysis on the implications of the framework law of prior consultation.

The Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples: The Role of Ombudsmen in Latin America. Memory of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Iberoamerican Federation of Ombudsman
Report

Summary of the meeting of the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman on the right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples.

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