Part 1 of two articles that summarize presentations from the IIPWG investor roundtable Indigenous-Defined FPIC: Best Practices for Investment and Corporate Governance. Watch the full video or jump to ...

Businesses and investors have a responsibility to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples during project development and after project completion under the United Nations Guiding Principles on ...

This series has surveyed a breadth of permitting reform issues, most recently regarding tribal consultation within the United States. International mineral development permitting in or near areas of ...

Lawyer and IP rights advocate Mary Ann Bayang slams the CEB decision, and notes that mining, whether small or large scale, is an extractive industry that should be under the regular FPIC process ...

The U.N. Global Compact recently released a Good Practice Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Role of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (“FPIC”) authored by Amy Lehr, an associate in Foley Hoag ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:30 p.m., Feb.8) — The Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System said it is fully compliant with the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process after indigenous ...

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has selected two previous legal cases, involving the Cofan (2018) and Waorani (2019) Indigenous groups, as a basis to analyze the country’s process of Free, Prior and ...