Towards an ethical and legal foundation of the differentiated participation of the indigenous peoples in the State decisions

Authors

  • Daniel Cerqueira Fundación para el Debido Proceso
    Abogado y Licenciado en Relaciones Internacionales. Magíster en Estudios Legales Internacionales por la Universidadde Georgetown. Estudios de maestría en el programa Estado de Derecho Global y Democracia Constitucional por la Università degli Studi di Genova. Ex funcionario de la Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión, el Grupo de Protección y la Sección Regional Andina II (Bolivia y Perú) de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Oficial de Programa Sénior de la Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF, por sus siglas en inglés: Due Process of Law Foundation). Contacto: dcerqueira@dplf.org.

Keywords:

Constitutional Law, right to prior consultation, indigenous peoples, Inter-American Human Rights System, multiculturalism, theories of justice

Abstract

Within the Latin American state Constitutions, is the establishment of prior consultation for theindigenous peoples legitimate? Does it represent away of imposition of the minority rights in front ofthe majority rights? Does it implies a power of vetoover the state decisions?
In this article, the author answers the aforementioned questions, as he assays an ethical and legal foundation for the establishment of the mechanism of free, prior and informed consultation, one that goes beyond its national and international recognition.

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Published

2015-07-01

How to Cite

Cerqueira, D. (2015). Towards an ethical and legal foundation of the differentiated participation of the indigenous peoples in the State decisions. THEMIS Revista De Derecho, (67), 155–166. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/14464

Issue

No. 67 (2015): Derecho Constitucional

Section

Derechos Fundamentales

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