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Rights Talk in Belize - Q'eqchi Maya Communities Meet Across Borders

Mark Camp

Rights Talk in Belize - Q'eqchi Maya Communities Meet Across Borders
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Resource Type News Article
Language
  • English
Year 2013
Country Belize
Topic
  • FPIC
  • Informed Decision Making
  • Rights and Legal Framework
Complexity Academic
Keywords
  • Consultation
  • Decision Making
  • Land Access
  • Land Use Planning
  • Model Land Governance
  • Self-Determination
  • Sustainability
  • UNDRIP
Written By Academic Researchers
Written For
  • Academic Institutions or Researchers
  • Indigenous Allies
Description This article discusses the efforts of Matilde Chocooj Coc, a Q’eqchi Mayan woman from Guatemala, who travelled to another Q’eqchi Mayan community in Belize, Crique Sarco, in order to share strategies for exercising their rights to FPIC as outlined in International law. The point of this meeting was to ensure that leaders in Crique Sarco were given instruction in order to negotiate with a proposed Texas-based oil company.
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