Peruvian Congress Passes Law Of Right To Prior Consultation With Indigenous Peoples

Peruvian Congress Passes Law Of Right To Prior Consultation With Indigenous Peoples Translated from Spanish, Original Below With 62 votes in favor, 7 against and 6 abstentions, the Congress on May 19 adopted after 15 years of waiting, the Law on Right to prior consultation with the Indigenous Peoples or Native, found in the ILO Convention 169. But most remarkable is that it incorporates the "consent" that should give indigenous peoples with respect to legislative or administrative...

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