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Ecuador case regarding prior consultation in bidding processes for hydrocarbon areas

Ecuador
National
Approved in 2019
Case
Indigenous Model
Nature within the indigenous territory
All Nature
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador
Civil Society, Indigenous

Summary

In 2008, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador filed a lawsuit claiming the National Assembly was not complying with a sentence from the constitutional court concerning the illegality of a mining law and ways in which pre-legislative consultation and prior consultation should be carried out for decisions that affect the rights of indigenous peoples and nationalities. The court declared non-compliance in relation to the regulation of of right to pre-legislative consultation and partial non-compliance in relation to the regulation of rights to prior consultation.

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Claim for case regarding prior consultation in bidding processes for hydrocarbon areas [PDF]
Constitutional Court Judgment in case regarding prior consultation in bidding processes for hydrocarbon areas [PDF]

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