GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT
Cases requiring consent
In cases that present a risk to subsistence
conditions
Population transfers
Megaprojects, investment or development
plans that could affect subsistence conditions
Storage or depositing, elimination or discard
of hazardous or toxic materials
Any decision that could affect, modify,
reduce or extinguish the rights of indigenous
ownership
Military activities
When adopting special measures to
safeguard persons, goods, employment,
culture and the environment.
Source: Document elaborated by the International Institute on Law and Society-IILS.
These cases address a group of relevant situations for Indigenous Peoples and do
not constitute an exhaustive and exclusive list. To the contrary, they show that the
consent of Indigenous Peoples is indispensable in situations, such as those indicated
which clearly affect their self-determination.
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