Consultation Or Consent

Consultation Or Consent
Author: Robert J. Miller
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Total Pages: 57
Release: 2015
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This article explores the current international law movement to require nation/states to consult with Indigenous peoples before undertaking actions that impact Indigenous nations and communities. The United Nations took a significant step in this area of law in September 2007 when the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration contains many provisions requiring states to confer and consult with Indigenous peoples, and in many instances to obtain their “free, prior and informed consent.” This article undertakes an original and detailed investigation into how the free, prior and informed consent standard emerged in the drafting of the Declaration.But the article also points out that consultations and obtaining the consent of Indigenous peoples is nothing new in the political and diplomatic relations between American Indian nations and the United States. From the very founding of the U.S., it has maintained a government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes. This relationship is expressly recognized in the U.S. Constitution, and is reflected in hundreds of U.S./Indian treaties and in the history of the interactions between these governments. A nearly constant stream of formal and informal consultations and diplomatic dealings has marked this relationship.In recent decades, though, the international community has begun focusing on consultations with Indigenous peoples and has increased the international law obligation on states to consult. The international regime is also moving far beyond mere consultations and is requiring states to obtain the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous peoples. On the surface, requiring the United States to obtain the informed consent of Indian nations and peoples, before undertaking actions that affect them, might be more onerous than just consulting with tribal governments.This article examines the history and modern-day processes for United States consultations with Indian nations and the emerging international law standard of free, prior and informed consent. The article argues that the United States should continue and even enhance the consent paradigm that has always been the goal of federal/tribal relations. And, the article also argues that the United States should have little trouble adapting to the new international law consent movement.

Consultation and Consent Protocols and Self-determination

Consultation and Consent Protocols and Self-determination
Author: Martha Priscylla Monteiro Joca Martins
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
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This doctoral research investigates the major difficulties and potentialities of applying autonomous consultation and consent protocols elaborated by Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and traditional peoples and communities as guidelines to implement free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC). These peoples and communities have elaborated their protocols grounded on their right to selfdetermination and based on international, national, and their own pluralistic laws to establish how they want to be consulted and their requirements for providing or withholding consent. This research examines how peoples and communities have asserted FPIC frameworks in their protocols, how the law has made room for the protocols' application, and how the protocols have been effectively applied as guidelines in consultation and consent processes. These objectives were pursued through (i) a documentary analysis of autonomous protocols elaborated by diverse peoples and communities in Brazil, Canada, and other countries in the Americas; (ii) a documentary analysis of how the international human rights system has made room for recognition of the protocols; and (iii) a study on the application of the protocols in Brazil, with particular focus on Indigenous protocols in the Amazon region, using open-ended interviews, documentary analysis, and exploratory secondary research. The documentary research on the protocols and the international human rights system and the focused study on application in Brazil provided findings that allow for important reflections on the foremost difficulties and potentialities of applying the protocols. The results reveal that the main difficulties in acknowledging and applying the protocols concern the legal-political challenges of implementing FPIC and how the protocols relate to state legal frameworks, in the sense that state-centric views may disregard or restrain the application of the frameworks established in the protocols. Conversely, the research demonstrates that, from a self-determining perspective, peoples and communities have the right to determine frameworks and guidelines for consulting with them and seeking their consent, and shows that the protocols express their autonomous framework for consent. Finally, the research proves that the protocols' application has the potential to implement FPIC respecting the rights, institutions, pluralistic laws, and cosmopolitics of the peoples/communities who authored them.

Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes

Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes
Author: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/AHRQ
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1587634333
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This User’s Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes. For the purposes of this guide, a patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes. A registry database is a file (or files) derived from the registry. Although registries can serve many purposes, this guide focuses on registries created for one or more of the following purposes: to describe the natural history of disease, to determine clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of health care products and services, to measure or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. Registries are classified according to how their populations are defined. For example, product registries include patients who have been exposed to biopharmaceutical products or medical devices. Health services registries consist of patients who have had a common procedure, clinical encounter, or hospitalization. Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis or heart failure. The User’s Guide was created by researchers affiliated with AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program, particularly those who participated in AHRQ’s DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness) program. Chapters were subject to multiple internal and external independent reviews.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737
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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

The Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
Author: Claire Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Human rights
ISBN: 9781138488069
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This book delves into the reasons behind and the consequences of the implementation gap regarding the right to prior consultation and the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. In recent years, the economic and political projects of Latin American States have become increasingly dependent on the extractive industries. This has resulted in conflicts when governments and international firms have made considerable investments in those lands that have been traditionally inhabited and used by Indigenous Peoples, who seek to defend their rights against exploitative practices. After decades of intense mobilisation, important gains have been made at international level regarding the opportunity for Indigenous Peoples to have a say on these matters. Notwithstanding this, the right to prior consultation and the FPIC of Indigenous Peoples on the ground are far from being fully applied and guaranteed. And, even when prior consultation processes are carried out, the outcomes remain uncertain. This volume rigorously investigates the causes of this implementation gap and its consequences for the protection of Indigenous Peoples' rights, lands, identities and ways of life in the Latin American region. Chapter 8 and 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).