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Constitutional Court ruling on ‘prior consultation’ creates binding jurisprudence for extractivist activities

Published on February 08, 2022
Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The struggle of the Ecuadorian indigenous A’I Cofán community of Sinangoe —which lives on the northern border with Colombia— has reached a historic achievement. On October 21, 2018, the Provincial Court ruled in favor of the A’i Cofán community—who claimed that mining concessions had been granted on their lands without prior consultation—saying […]

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