Summary
In 2013, 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.
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/case-regarding-prior-consultation-in-bidding-processes-for-hydrocarbon-areas/.
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