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Communities in the Driving Seat: A Manual on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Organisation: Social Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development
Country/Region: International
Type: Guides and Manuals
Free, Prior and Informed Consent – known as ‘FPIC’ – is an international legal
standard protected by both Liberia’s national law and the legally binding human
rights treaties to which Liberia is a party. FPIC is a collective right which belongs
to a whole community. It means that communities have a right to make decisions
through their own freely chosen representatives and customary or other institutions and to meaningfully participate in decision-making processes that might
affect their lands, territories and resources – whether the community has a deed
for those lands or not.