Prior Informed Consent: Emergence as a Principle of International Law & Implementation at International, National & Local Levels
American University WCL
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington D.C., 20016
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Room 603
| Press Release |
Co-sponsored by the International Legal Studies Program, the Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), this conference focused on the development of the principle of prior informed consent in international law. Participants looked at the rights that the principle establishes for both national governments and for indigenous peoples and other local communities, and examined how the right to prior informed consent is applied in a variety of different contexts, including dams and extractive industries, biosafety, toxic waste management, and genetic resources. Participants also discussed the challenges that arise in implementing this principle at the international, national and local levels.
