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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 1, LEVEL E1

Session information

Effectively engaging with local communities and Indigenous groups: Navigating FPIC, the UNGPs and public reporting

Thursday 19 September (1430 - 1545)

PALACIO DE CANAL 1, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Business Human Rights Committee (Lead)
Corporate Counsel Forum
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)

Description

Meaningful engagement with Indigenous groups and local communities and working toward obtaining FPIC is made more challenging by variations in approach and standards.

This session will:

• Feature legal experts with real-life experiences representing clients who have conducted human rights and environmental due diligence and local community consultations.

• Share lessons on Indigenous consultations in the context of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and other community-based engagement as prescribed by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international standards.

• Examine how interpretations of FPIC vary from country to country and region to region.

• Share best practices on gathering and reporting on what is often considered to be subjective data.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Clara Serva	TozziniFreire Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Secretary, Business Human Rights Committee

Speakers

Alvaro Rodrigo Castellanos Howell	Consortium Legal, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Member, Poverty and Social Development Committee Advisory Board
Edie Hofmeister	Independent Director, Berkeley, California, USA; Co-Chair, Business Human Rights Committee
Kevin O'Callaghan	Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Member, Business Human Rights Committee Advisory Board
Rita Albuquerque Zanforlin	The Nature Conservancy, São Paulo, Brazil

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