Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land

Type
Literature
Publication
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian.
Year Published
2017
Organization
NGO
Description

Last week, over 560 years later, Francis, the first Pope from Latin America, struck a rather different note - for indigenous peoples around the world, for land rights, for better environmental stewardship. He said publicly that indigenous peoples have the right to “prior and informed consent.” In other words, nothing should happen on - or impact - their land, territories and resources unless they agree to it.

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