Overview of free, prior and informed consent

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

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

The approval of the Senior Citizen's Statute was another important step toward entrenching the principle of equality.

Building national capacity to collect and disaggregate data and to practice free, prior and informed consent.

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

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

Indigenous men and women must also participate equally in discussions, negotiations and decisions regarding development projects that are to take place on their lands.

It provided a basis for the development of guidelines, methodologies and procedures for the principle of free, informed and prior consent to be implemented.

Examples of the application of the principle of FPIC at the national and international levels (legislation, treaty making, treaty supervision, project planning, application and evaluation)

Regarding the regular budget, his delegation strongly supported the endorsement of the consensus approach to approval.

Their duty was to promote the acceptance and implementation of human rights instruments on the basis of the principle of free consent of the parties and of the parties' supervision of the work of those bodies.

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

A number of questions were raised in the presentations on how the principle of free, prior and informed consent could be implemented, including the following

For example, placing cultural materials in the public domain facilitated their use by third parties in making adaptations protected as new works under copyright.

He emphasized the need to examine conflict resolution and, in this context, highlighted the principle of free, prior and informed consent as well as the protection of the spiritual traditions and interests of indigenous communities.

Participants also noted that the policies of donor Governments on free, prior and informed consent were important as well and encouraged their active involvement in this area.

Special challenges to the principle of free, prior and informed consent existed in Africa, given the non recognition of indigenous peoples by a number of States.

Free, prior and informed consent was also being discussed in relation to the intellectual property aspects of access to, and benefit sharing in, genetic resources.

Governments, the private sector and indigenous peoples should be aware of the principles of free, prior and informed consent when planning development projects.

38. However, some delegations urged caution, maintaining that care must be taken to ensure that time tested, traditional principles of peace keeping, including the principle of consent, should be strictly applied.

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I cannot agree.

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

Such initiatives could also elaborate new standards, policies and programmes that take into account and focus on the principle of the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous people.

In this context, such principles as the free consent of States in defining the geographical area of application of appropriate arrangements will be particularly important.

It was pointed out that the principle of free, prior and informed consent was under active consideration in wide stakeholder discussions on the subject and was receiving fairly broad support.

This handbook should be flexible and user friendly, and should take into account the diversity of interests of the stakeholders in the implementation of free, prior and informed consent.

Express consent to exercise of jurisdiction

I refuse to consent to that plan.

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They can't agree to anything.

Some participants were concerned that in the rush to achieve ambitious development targets, Governments might ignore the vital principle of free, prior and informed consent.

UNDP emphasized its policy on indigenous peoples, which specifically addressed free, prior and informed consent in planning and programming, issues of resettlement, and indigenous knowledge.

In October 2010, the FDA stated that it could not approve the application for lorcaserin in its present form.

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Consent

Okay.

Case by case project approval

Participants from the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations discussed the development of institutional policy frameworks that operationalized 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.

The principle of free prior and informed consent is referenced in regard to the use of traditional forest related knowledge but not in regard to management policies over resources or authority over traditional lands.

A number of examples were put forward to illustrate the challenges that free, prior and informed consent poses. Examples of non participation, inadequate consultations, or non consent were cited, as in cases of the building of hydroelectric dams.