Express consent

Free, prior and informed consent

Express consent to exercise of jurisdiction

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

Overview of free, prior and informed consent

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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.

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.

The view was expressed that the words express consent should not be defined in the draft instrument.

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.

(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

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.

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

It was thought by some that express consent by the third party to the specific derogation should be required.

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

Free, prior and informed consent could be strengthened by establishing procedures to challenge and to independently review these processes.

(ii)b. A prior informed consent (PIC) process could be implemented under the Protocol through the appropriate legal mechanism.

Concerns were expressed with respect to the meaning of the words express consent in proposed draft article 88a (6)(b).

Indigenous peoples should specify which representative institutions are entitled to express consent on behalf of the affected peoples or communities.

The free, prior and informed consent principle in the context of intellectual property can mean defensive protection in which any use of traditional knowledge, and in particular acquisition of intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge and derivatives thereof, without the prior consent of the community, can be prevented.

Many indigenous representatives believe that any given process of free, prior and informed consent may result in consent or non consent and that neither outcome should be regarded as good or bad or be predetermined, as long as appropriate mechanisms are in place.