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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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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 …

Canada's Statement on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document
Official Statement

2014 - English - Practical

Canada's Statement on the World Conference on …

Canadian Government


This is the government's statement on the world conference on Indigenous Peoples. It declares their position and their interpretation of UNDRIP and FPIC.

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.

Project that seeks the inclusion of indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in mining projects with respect to the right to 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.

The titling of indigenous territories in the Honduran Muskitia
Report

The article describes the titling process of ancestral territories that is happening in Honduran "La Muskita" area. Then it examines some of the process implications for the country and its indigenous peoples.

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