2008 - English - Simple
Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples' Issues
This Kit focuses on development and indigenous peoples, with emphasis on their full and effective participation in all development processes and the need for a genuine partnership in—and ownership with them—of these processes.
2016 - English - Practical
Summary Notes on the 33rd Session of the Human…
This summary report highlights important notes from the UN meetings on indigenous rights. This particular meeting focuses on violence against indigenous women and girls with a focus on indigenous women with disabilities. It briefly references FPIC in relation to healthcare as well.
2016 - English - Practical
The Sustainable Development Goals: New Challen…
This update underlines three outstanding issues to date regarding Indigenous Peoples’ rights : the climate change negotiations related to the upcoming COP22, the increasing need for the voices of Indigenous persons with disabilities to be heard, and the increasing number of discussions concerning Business and Human Rights issues.
2013 - English - Academic
Justified Infringement - A Minimal Impairment …
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) is an Indigenous right that has been infringed upon by the Canadian legal system. A notable case is presented where the Supreme Court of Canada’s Sparrow decision laid out a case law in which Aboriginal title was overstepped. To honour obligations to Indigenous peoples, the Crown should adopt the standard o…
2014 - English - Academic
Consulting Whom? Lessons from the Toronto Urba…
The Urban Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) in Toronto has the purpose of providing support to Aboriginal communities in urban settings. This article asks: Does the UAS provide Aboriginal participants with the ability to effectively participant in the consultation process? It is argued that Aboriginal peoples are not effectively participating in UAS consu…
2013 - English - Academic
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Indigenou…
This policy brief from the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) describes the legal and normative requirements for Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) that nation states are expected to uphold under UNDRIP and other treaties on international human rights. The exact requirements for FPIC are described including who should be…