Indigenous Peoples’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and the World Bank Safeguards: Between Norm Emergence and Concept Appropriation

Stéphanie de Moerloose

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2020-3-223

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- 221–222 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 221–222
- 223–308 Abhandlungen / Articles 223–308
  - 223–244 Indigenous Peoples’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and the World Bank Safeguards: Between Norm Emergence and Concept Appropriation Stéphanie de Moerloose Stéphanie de Moerloose 223–244
  - 245–266 A new type of hybrid actor in global governance: anti-impunity commissions, shared sovereignty, and the rule of law Theresa Reinold Theresa Reinold 245–266
  - 267–285 Shifting the Focus from an International Towards a more Regional Cultural Heritage Protection in the Middle East and North Africa Lando Kirchmair Lando Kirchmair 267–285
  - 286–308 La mise en œuvre du droit d’accès à l’eau potable en République Démocratique du Congo Yves-Junior Manzanza Lumingu, Dieu-Merci Ngusu Masuta Yves-Junior Manzanza Lumingu, Dieu-Merci Ngusu Masuta 286–308
- 309–329 Berichte / Reports 309–329
  - Verfassungsreform in der Mongolei steigert Resilienz des politischen Systems Dietrich Nelle Dietrich Nelle
- 330–341 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 330–341
  - 330–335 Julia Kriesel, Peoples‘ Rights: Gruppenrechte im Völkerrecht, Jus Internationale et Europaeum 162, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2020, 506 pages, 89 Euro, ISBN: 9783161577215 Romy Klimke Romy Klimke 330–335
  - 336–341 Patrick Allan Sharma, Robert McNamara's Other War: The World Bank and International Development, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2017, 240 pages, £35.00, ISBN: 9780812249064 Vikram Raghavan, Zi En Chow Vikram Raghavan, Zi En Chow 336–341
- 342–351 Bibliographie / Bibliography 342–351
  - 342–342 RECHT UND ENTWICKLUNG ALLGEMEIN / LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL 342–342
  - 342–346 AFRIKA / AFRICA 342–346
  - 346–347 ASIEN / ASIA 346–347
  - 347–349 LATEINAMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 347–349
  - 350–351 NAHER UND MITTLERER OSTEN / NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 350–351
- 352–352 Call for Papers 352–352
- 353–353 Impressum 353–353
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Indigenous Peoples’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and the World Bank Safeguards: Between Norm Emergence and Concept Appropriation

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Stéphanie de Moerloose

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2020-3-223
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

The question of the consent of indigenous peoples is at least as old as colonization. Indeed, the consent of indigenous peoples was already an issue at the heart of treaty-making between colonial settlers and indigenous peoples. The issue of indigenous peoples’ consent, understood as their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), has been re-emerging and gaining acceptance internationally in international Human Rights law over the last 30 years. When the new World Bank safeguards were adopted in 2016, one of the most discussed topics during the consultation rounds had been the integration in the safeguards of the concept of the FPIC of indigenous peoples, as it had been notoriously absent from the previous safeguards. Finally, FPIC was made part of the new safeguards. This paper first maps the concept of FPIC under international law from a postcolonial perspective. Then, it attempts to analyze the processes of operationalization of the concept by the World Bank in the new safeguards, drawing on Human Rights and on law and development literature. The paper argues that there is a tension between the re-emergence of FPIC as a customary norm and the fragmentation of the interpretations of the concept of consent by different actors. The operationalization of the concept of FPIC, understood as a negotiated process rather than a process of self-determination, may in fact limit its remedial objective and diminish its quality as a resistance tool.
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