In line with the principle of subsidiarity, international actors should refrain from delivering assistance without prior consultation with, and the explicit consent of, the Government.

B. Prior informed consent

Free, prior and informed consent

(e) Free, prior and informed consent (2004)

Overview of free, prior and informed consent

Marriage shall be contracted with the free and explicit consent of both parties.

The principle of prior informed consent was further stressed.

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Relevance of institutional policy frameworks to free, prior and informed consent

Elements of a common understanding of free, prior and informed consent

For this reason, all gifts of organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes should be subject to the prior, explicit written consent of the donor, which raises the question of the presumed consent of the deceased donor and the scope or validity of any authorization issues by the family or relatives.

(a) Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

(a) Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Their consent was to be not only free and prior, but also informed.

Determination that the elements of free, prior and informed consent have not been respected may lead to the revocation of consent given.

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11.30 12.30 Discussion on Workshop on Free, Prior and Informed Consent in January 2005

42. The observer for Poland saw a fundamental contradiction between prior consent and prevention.

Rotterdam Convention Operation of the Prior Informed Consent procedure for banned or severely restricted chemicals

States shall implement the principle of free, prior and informed consent in their legal system.

Special issues and free, prior and informed consent in relation to special areas of work

Of the 201 chemicals concerned, 160 are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Of the four chemicals concerned, two are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Report of the International Workshop on Methodologies regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Indigenous Peoples

Sometimes indigenous traditional knowledge had entered into the public domain without free, prior and informed consent.

Examples of the application of free, prior and informed consent at the national and international levels

Participants shared their views on the principle and the practices of free, prior and informed consent.

Some of the main operational elements of free, prior and informed consent already identified require that

Building national capacity to collect and disaggregate data and to practice free, prior and informed consent.

In summary, while there were challenges to the implementation of free, prior and informed consent, in general, most participants considered that the favourable outcomes of a free, prior and informed consent process far outweighed the difficulties of such a process.

In many cases, this exploitation occurred without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples.

The implementation of the principle of free, prior and informed consent presented a number of practical problems.

Progress has been made towards a common understanding of the methodologies regarding free, prior and informed consent.

Case studies should be undertaken to analyse current practices of principles of free, prior and informed consent.

For some States, ratification of the new instrument would in itself represent prior consent to any mission.

(b) It has been acquired in violation of standards for obtaining free, prior and informed consent, for example, if misleading information was presented in order to obtain consent or

In India's view, any recourse to dispute settlement mechanisms required prior consent of the parties to the dispute.

Mr. Bíró stressed the organic relationship between self determination and the principle of free, prior and informed consent.

A number of examples were put forward to illustrate the challenges that free, prior and informed consent poses.

IFAD discussed how the underlying principles within free, prior and informed consent were embedded in its strategic framework.

Sources of elements related to free, prior and informed consent and indigenous peoples in international law and practice

I Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Some participants observed that methodologies on free, prior and informed consent should have as their basic objective the improvement of the living conditions of indigenous peoples and that free, prior and informed consent should cover all matters connected with the life of indigenous peoples.

for the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade