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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 Communities and Industrial Camps: Promoting Healthy Communities in Settings of Industrial Changes
Report

2017 - English - Academic

Indigenous Communities and Industrial Camps: P…

The Firelight Group, Lake Babine Nation, Nak’azdli Whut’en et al.

Indigenous Governance | Industry | Business Practices | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Land Access | Land Use Planning | Monitoring | Pimatsiwin | Self-Determination

Indigenous Communities and Industrial Camps: Promoting Healthy Communities in Settings of Industrial Changes

Indigenous women and children in remote communities are subject to a “risk pile up”. These populations may face negative consequences from remote construction camps, including increased rates of sexual assault and violence, addictions, sexually transmitted infections, and family violence as a result of the presence of industrial camps and transien…

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Report

2012 - English - Practical

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Farid Baddache, Faris Natour, Jasmine Campbell et al.

FPIC | Industry | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decision Making | Impact Benefit Agreement | International Law | Pimatsiwin | UNDRIP

Engaging with Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

This report emerged out of a workshop held by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) which brought together representatives from extractive industries to discuss the application of FPIC in engagement with Indigenous peoples. The report provides a corporate interpretation of the rights promised under FPIC including its legal requirements, benefit…

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps in knowledge
Report

2013 - English - Technical

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps …

ReSDA, Adam Wright, Ben Bradshaw

FPIC | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Decision Making | Environmental Assessment | Environmental Impact | Impact Benefit Agreement | Land Use Planning | Social & Cultural Impacts

Review of IBA literature and analysis of gaps in knowledge

This report discusses Company-Community Agreements or Impact-Benefit Agreements negotiated between industries and Indigenous communities surrounding a development project. The Impact-Benefit Agreement (IBA) is discussed as a positive negotiation strategy with benefits for both developers (easier negotiations) and communities (financial and social …

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice
Scientific Paper

2010 - English - Practical

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Con…

David Szablowski

FPIC | Industry | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Corporate Social Responsibility | International Law | Monitoring | Self-Determination | Sustainability | UNDRIP

Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice

This article explores the development of the principle of FPIC and the challenges that it presents to conventional forms of governance. FPIC is examined as a form of negotiated justice that aims to produce regulatory decisions through horizontal and decentralized forms of engagement.

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing in Guatemala: A Case Study Examining Maya Perspectives on the Indigenous Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Scientific Paper

2014 - English - Practical

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing i…

Catherine Nolin, J.P. Laplante

FPIC | Indigenous Governance | Industry | Business Practices | Community Engagement | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Inherent Rights | Land Access | Land Use Planning | Self-Determination | UNDRIP

Consultas and Socially Responsible Investing in Guatemala: A Case Study Examining Maya Perspectives on the Indigenous Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

This article looks at Guatemala with respect to "consultas comunitarias" and Canadian mining companies that are based in Indigenous communities.

Caught in the Cross Fire: Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities, and Extractives in Colombia
Policy Brief

2012 - Multilingual - Practical

Caught in the Cross Fire: Indigenous Peoples, …

Viviane Weitzner

FPIC | Rights and Legal Framework | Business Practices | Consultation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Land Access | Monitoring | Pimatsiwin | Self-Determination | Social & Cultural Impacts | UNDRIP

Caught in the Cross Fire: Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities, and Extractives in Colombia

This policy brief, describes the results of a participatory action research project conducted to explore the violence experienced by ethnic populations in Colombia as a result of mining practices. They found that despite a legislative framework, the government was unable to protect human rights on the ground, as a result of a lack of accountabilit…

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