Argentina: Court Stops Mining Projects In Indigenous Territories

Argentina: Court Stops Mining Projects In Indigenous Territories Hernán Scandizzo, 2011   So far this year two Argentine court decisions reinforced the requirement of consultation prior to any legislative or administrative action affecting indigenous peoples.   The decisions by the Court of First Instance and the Superior Court of Justice, or STJ, in the southern province of Neuquén, regarding the Mapuche communities of Huenctru Trawel Leufú and Mellao Morales, are important in Argentina,...

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