Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Mexico: Elements for its Construction and Challenges
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17561/tahrj.n12.4Keywords:
Free, Prior, Informed Consent, Mexico, ConsultationAbstract
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) - Consultation has become one of the most powerful tools indigenous people and minorities have to generate a dialogue and begin a negotiation in the country to face Government decisions, private companies seeking to carry out any work or when legislative measures are about to be implemented on their territories with a possibility of damaging them. In Mexico, this right is based over a group of not articulated among themselves normative foundations. This end up causing confusion and uncertainty on its application. This article presents elements to review the FPIC - Consultation foundations in Mexico for discussion and theoretical deepening in the light of human rights.
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