Essays about: "Inter-America"

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  1. 1. Indigenous Peoples – A Hinder to Development?: The Right to Prior Consultation in Colombia and Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Oscar Antonio Boije; [2012]
    Keywords : Indigenous Peoples; Right to Prior Consultation; Consultation; Consent; Indigenous; Aboriginal; Native; First Nations; Colombia; Peru; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; OAS; Inter-America; Human Rights; Prior Consultation; Free Informed and Prior Consent; Latin America; South America; Consulta previa; Consentimiento; Indigenas; Pueblos indigenas; tribes; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis deals with the following question: Do the national legislation initiatives of Colombia and Peru, aiming at protecting the Indigenous Peoples’ right to land through their right to be consulted prior to any measures that may affect their lives and lands, reach the internationally set standards that these countries have committed to? The thesis concludes that the term Indigenous Peoples has not been defined in International Law. Today two criteria are being used: subjective and objective elements. READ MORE