Mongabay: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found in favor of a Kichwa community's right to consultation prior to industrial projects on their land in a ruling that could have implications for many indigenous peoples across the Americas. The court found that the government of Ecuador violated the indigenous people's rights by allowing the Argentine oil company, Compania General de Combustibles (CGC), on their land without proper consultation. The Kichwa community of Sarayaku filed the lawsuit...
URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0731-hance-sarayaku-interamerican-court.html
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