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Article

16 Jan 2014

Author:
Emily Greenspan, Oxfam America (USA)

A new threat to Peru’s indigenous peoples’ consultation law

Sources inside the [Peruvian] government have begun to talk about cancelling the oil Block 192 consultation with indigenous communities and licensing the block directly. [The oil Block 192 is Peru’s most productive geographic area defined for the purpose of licensing for exploration, development or production oil rights]. [The move] would violate Peru’s indigenous peoples’ consultation law and the human rights of the indigenous communities inhabiting the area...UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples...advised the Peruvian government that their extractive industries development strategy must not violate indigenous peoples’ right to be consulted in a manner consistent with international standards...[Over...decades] oil companies have dumped millions of barrels of production waters [containing highly toxic substances]...UN Special Rapporteur Anaya [found]..."pollution of water bodies and soils used by the indigenous people in this region, which has affected their food sources and their health."...[Recently] the Peruvian government...fined Pluspetrol around $7 million for polluting and draining the Shanshococha Lake located in Block 192 [refers also to Occidental Petroleum]