Table of contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Consultation and participation in ILO Convention No. 169 . . . . . . . . 1
1. Recognition of Sami rights in Norway 9
2. Contents of the consultation procedures 13
2.1. Underlying rights and recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.1. Recognition of the State’s duty to consult the Sami. . . . . . . . . .
2.1.2. Recognition of the Sami as an indigenous people. . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.3. Rationale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.4. Link to participation and self-governance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2. Key actors and scope of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.1. Responsibility for undertaking consultations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.2. Consultations with representative institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.3. Matters that affect the Sami directly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2.4. Geographical and substantive scope of the duty to consult. . . . .
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2.3. The objective of achieving agreement or consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.4. Procedural issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4.1. Flexibility and practicality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4.2. Regular dialogue and consultation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4.3. Information disclosure, documentation and knowledge base . . .
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3. Implementation experiences 27
3.1. Type of issues addressed at biannual meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2. Experiences and lessons learned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3. Norwegian Minerals Act and the Sami Minerals Guide . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.4. Qualitative assessments of the consultation procedures . . . . . . . . . . 34
4. Concluding remarks 37
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Annex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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