A statement of principles
Formal recognition of indigenous’ rights and governance structures
National laws/policies/jurisprudence
Community history
Community governance instruments, structures, territories, history Respect for land rights and indigenous governance
Historical context
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Future generations
Internal groups or other peoples Land demarcation
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Life plans (self-determined development)
Community governance instruments, structures, territories, history Process for the development of the protocol
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Broader strategy of governance assertion
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Unique features that reflect the particular communities experience
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Unique features that reflect the particular communities experience
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Are concepts defined in the protocol? (e.g. integral territory, culture, knowledge, sacred sites…)
Basis for right to decide and give or withhold consent
Rejection of development project as exchange for recognition of land rights
Specific ministries
Interfaces with external institutions and organizations Formal recognition of indigenous’ rights and governance structures
Assertion of rights in relation to natural resources
Agreement to the protocol as basis for consultations
Criteria in relation to indigenous knowledge
Role of representatives
Roles in decision-making process Role of community members
Roles in decision-making process Specific ministries
Interfaces with external institutions and organizations Municipal government
Interfaces with external institutions and organizations Role of representatives
Roles in decision-making process Triggers for consultation
Inter/intra-community/people divisions or formalizing modalities of cooperation
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Deceased ancestors or spirits
Internal groups or other peoples Land demarcation
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Initial approach
Nature and sequencing of consultation phases Corporate actors addressed
Information meetings (content, where, with whom and partner participation)
Nature and sequencing of consultation phases Role of General Assemblies and other structures
Roles in decision-making process Role of leaders or chiefs in determining where and when assemblies are held
Roles in decision-making process Role of community members
Roles in decision-making process Location of meetings
Conditions for consultation Information meetings (content, where, with whom and partner participation)
Nature and sequencing of consultation phases Role of leaders or chiefs in determining where and when assemblies are held
Roles in decision-making process Role of General Assemblies and other structures
Roles in decision-making process Internal meetings (actors involved, decision-making processes)
Nature and sequencing of consultation phases The process of decision-making, discussion, consensus, voting.
Roles in decision-making process Decisions as to who to involve
Conditions for consultation Role of community members
Roles in decision-making process Decisions as to who to involve
Conditions for consultation Role of General Assemblies and other structures
Roles in decision-making process Who will coordinate the meetings
Conditions for consultation Consultation oversight
Conditions invalidating consultations Role of indigenous knowledge
Conditions for consultation Unique features that reflect the particular communities experience
Context, purpose and process of protocol creation & maintenance Rituals addressed
Nature and sequencing of consultation phases Rules in relation to recording and sharing of recordings
Conditions for consultation Conditions for agreements
Implications of giving or withholding consent
Implications of giving or withholding consent
Conditions for agreements
Circumstances that render consultations or consent void (e.g. FPI: creation of division, presence of armed groups, offers of money, threats…)
Absence of armed presence in the meetings (police, security or intelligence)
Conditions for consultation Participation of outsiders
Roles in decision-making process