Course: Right to Consultation – Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

About the Course:

The course has been developed within the framework of the «Resource Hub to Strengthening the Rights of Indigenous Peoples» project (CEFO Indígena) implemented by Equitable Origin, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), the Regional Indigenous Council, and Popular de Xpujil (CRIPX) and the Indigenous Tourism Network of Mexico (RITA).


The course will be taught on the COICA virtual education platform and will offer 22 places for indigenous participants from Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador.

Objective:

Strengthen the knowledge of the Indigenous participants to guide their communities and organizations in consultation processes on issues that affect their lives and their territories and to make the defense of their rights effective, pointing out the national and international mechanisms available to file complaints of violations committed against you.

Inauguration Session:

On July 29, 2021, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and Equitable Origin (EO) launched the course “Right to Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent.» Check out our blog here.

Module #1: Instruments of the International System.

Module 1, Session #1: The Right to FPIC.
Module 1, Session 2: Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya Protocol, Escazú Agreement.

Module #2: The Right to FPIC.

Module 2. Session 1: Presentation Rodrigo de la Cruz, Right to FPIC, Scope, Actors and Standards.
Module 2 Session 2: Yajaira Curipallo Presentation – Module 2: Guidelines, protocols and standards for FPIC

Module#3: FPIC Legal framework in Peru, Ecuador and Mexico.

Martín Vásquez’s Presentation. Module 3, Session 3: National Legal Instruments that Recognize the Right to CPLI

National legal instruments that recognize the right to free, prior, and informed consultation in Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador.

Peru Session

Max Silva, Module 3, Peru: National Instruments that Recognize the Right to CPLI in Peru
Ecuador Session
Lenin Sarsoza Lecture, Module 3: National Instruments that Recognize the Right to CPLI in Ecuador
Mexico Session
Presentation Elisa Cruz R., Module 3: National Instruments that Recognize the Right to CPLI in Mexico

Module #4: FPIC Protection Mechanisms in Peru, Ecuador and Mexico.

Peru

Ecuador

Mexico

Module #5: FPIC International Protection Mechanisms.

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