Free, prior and informed consent

(e) Free, prior and informed consent (2004)

Overview of free, prior and informed consent

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Relevance of institutional policy frameworks to free, prior and informed consent

Elements of a common understanding of free, prior and informed consent

(a) Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Their consent was to be not only free and prior, but also informed.

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Rotterdam Convention Operation of the Prior Informed Consent procedure for banned or severely restricted chemicals

States shall implement the principle of free, prior and informed consent in their legal system.

Special issues and free, prior and informed consent in relation to special areas of work

Determination that the elements of free, prior and informed consent have not been respected may lead to the revocation of consent given.

Of the 201 chemicals concerned, 160 are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Of the four chemicals concerned, two are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Report of the International Workshop on Methodologies regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Indigenous Peoples

Examples of the application of free, prior and informed consent at the national and international levels

Participants shared their views on the principle and the practices of free, prior and informed consent.

In summary, while there were challenges to the implementation of free, prior and informed consent, in general, most participants considered that the favourable outcomes of a free, prior and informed consent process far outweighed the difficulties of such a process.

In many cases, this exploitation occurred without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples.

The implementation of the principle of free, prior and informed consent presented a number of practical problems.

Progress has been made towards a common understanding of the methodologies regarding free, prior and informed consent.

Case studies should be undertaken to analyse current practices of principles of free, prior and informed consent.

Participants were informed of the international instruments relevant to free, prior and informed consent (see annex IV for a list of sources of elements related to free, prior and informed consent in international law and practice) and learned of a number of cases in international law practice involving that issue.

Mr. Bíró stressed the organic relationship between self determination and the principle of free, prior and informed consent.

IFAD discussed how the underlying principles within free, prior and informed consent were embedded in its strategic framework.

Sources of elements related to free, prior and informed consent and indigenous peoples in international law and practice

I Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Some participants observed that methodologies on free, prior and informed consent should have as their basic objective the improvement of the living conditions of indigenous peoples and that free, prior and informed consent should cover all matters connected with the life of indigenous peoples.

for the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Free, prior and informed consent could be strengthened by establishing procedures to challenge and to independently review these processes.

Contribution to the Forum's ongoing work on free, prior and informed consent, and participation at its workshop on this subject

It was stressed that free, prior and informed consent was particularly relevant for the prevention of conflict and for peacebuilding.

How should the lack of awareness and capacity among those involved in free, prior and informed consent processes be addressed?

Agenda and programme of work of the International Workshop on Methodologies regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Indigenous Peoples

The Inter American Development Bank (IADB) discussed the evolution of its policies that contained elements of free, prior and informed consent, including its resettlement policy, which recognized the customary rights of indigenous peoples and their informed consent.

(b) It has been acquired in violation of standards for obtaining free, prior and informed consent, for example, if misleading information was presented in order to obtain consent or

For one chemical, three notifications from different prior informed consent regions were found to fulfill all the criteria of Annex II.

Table 2. Overview of the number of importing country responses for all prior informed consent chemicals (as at 30 April 2005)

It was noted that free, prior and informed consent was viewed as a principle based on the human rights approach to development.

What mechanisms for seeking redress should be available to indigenous peoples if free, prior and informed consent processes have not been followed?

A number of examples relevant to free, prior and informed consent were provided from UNICEF work on education in Guatemala and Bolivia.

A large number of statements were made on the study, referring to the substantive and procedural elements of free, prior and informed consent.

Indigenous knowledge belonged to indigenous peoples and any exploitation of indigenous knowledge should only be made with their free, prior and informed consent.