ECUADOR
Consultation or prior consent?
Luis Ángel Saavedra
Faced with ambiguous policies, indigenous peoples rely on international law and their own initiatives.
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COLOMBIA
Political will to apply consultation is lacking
Susan Abad
Regulations for prior consultation violate other rights of indigenous peoples.
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GUATEMALA
Communities reject initiative to regulate ILO Convention 169
Louisa Reynolds
Colom administration uses a legal ruse to limit indigenous people’s right to be consulted on mining and hydroelectric projects.
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ARGENTINA
Court stops mining projects in indigenous territories
Hernán Scandizzo
Tribunal guarantees right to consultation for Mapuche communities.
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BOLIVIA
Dilemmas and conflicts of prior consultation
Ricardo Herrera Farell
Indigenous communities demand that the government respect their right to be consulted on any extractive activities on their land.
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BRAZIL
Big projects, big threat
José Pedro Martins
Government gives the green light to ventures that affect indigenous territories.
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CHILE
Decree limits prior consultation
Rocío Alorda
Indigenous movement calls for repeal of decree that violates the right to consultation, and rejects the government proposal.
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MEXICO
Indigenous communities without the right to consultation
Karen Trejo
Government imposes infrastructure projects without taking into account opinion of affected communities.
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PERU
The right to determine their development
Karin Anchelía Jesusi
Prior consultation: a right that ensures other indigenous rights.
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LATIN AMERICA
“The living conditions of a people cannot be modified without their consent”
Elsa Chanduví Jaña
An interview with Raquel Yrigoyen Fajardo, PhD in Law
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