Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Event Date
11-1-2013
Description
Presented by the University of Colorado's American Indian Law Program and the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), along with treaties, instruments, and decisions of international law, recognizes that indigenous peoples have the right to give "free, prior, and informed consent" to legislation and development affecting their lands, natural resources, and other interests, and to receive remedies for losses of property taken without such consent. With approximately 150 nations, including the United States, endorsing the UNDRIP, this requirement gives rise to emerging standards, obligations, and opportunities – and creates considerable uncertainty -- for governments, industries, and investors who work with indigenous peoples.
In this conference, the very first to address "FPIC" on a global and national scale, Colorado Law convenes leading experts to discuss legal standards, best practices, and new partnerships with respect to FPIC implementation in natural resource development, climate change, and cultural heritage matters. Join us for a cutting-edge, high-level discussion of interest to attorneys, indigenous nations, governmental agencies, NGO’s, environmental advocates, institutional investors, and industry leaders in energy, natural resources, and others.
Highlights include an opening keynote address by U.S. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn (invited) and an evening book lecture and signing by human rights advocate and author Walter Echo-Hawk.
Moderator
Phil Weiser, Richard Collins, Carla Fredericks, Charles Wilkinson, Kristen Carpenter, Brad Udall
Citation Information
University of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment and University of Colorado Boulder. School of Law. American Indian Law Program, "AGENDA: Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium" (2013). Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1).
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/free-prior-and-informed-consent/1
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Business Organizations Law Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, International Law Commons, Law and Race Commons, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons, Legal Remedies Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Property Law and Real Estate Commons, Public Policy Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons