Why Consulta Previa Is Among the Most Divisive Issues in Peru
Why Consulta Previa Is Among the Most Divisive Issues in Peru
Peru's "consulta previa" law is tested by a plan to create a year-round shipping route through the Amazon.
In 2011, shortly after he took office, Peru’s President Ollanta Humala signed a law guaranteeing the right to prior consultation for indigenous communities that could be affected by development projects on or near their land. The legislation, known as consulta previa in Spanish and based on the International Labor Organization’s Convention 169, was enacted in response to protests that erupted in 2009 over fears that indigenous lands would be expropriated by logging and oil drilling interests. The protests left more than 30 people dead.
Now, the first implementation of the...
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