32 - Free and informed consent prior to the approval of projects affecting lands or territories and other resources
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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 10 - Not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories
- 21.1 - The right to the improvement of economic and social conditions
- 23 - The right to determine and develop priorities and strategies
- 26 - The right to the lands, territories and resources
- 27 - Open and transparent process to recognize and adjudicate the rights of indigenous peoples
- 28 - The right to redress for lands, territories and resources taken or damaged
- 32 - Free and informed consent prior to the approval of projects affecting lands or territories and other resources
- Indigenous peoples have the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for the development or use of their lands or territories and other resources.
- States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.
- States shall provide effective mechanisms for just and fair redress for any such activities, and appropriate measures shall be taken to mitigate adverse environmental, economic, social, cultural or spiritual impact.”
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