List of Illustrations List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Alexandra Tomaselli & Claire Wright Part I Defining Prior Consultation 1. Indigenous Peoples' Contributions to Multilateral Negotiations on their Rights to Participation, Consultation, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent Andrés Del Castillo 2. Towards a Global Framework on Business and Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and their Right to Consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Humberto Cantú Rivera 3. Binding Consent of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia: An Example of Transformative Constitutionalism Juan C. Herrera 4. Indigenous Peoples' Experiences of Resistance, Participation, and Autonomy: Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Peru Cathal M. Doyle Part II Administrating Prior Consultation 5. The Coupling of Prior Consultation and Environmental Impact Assessment in Bolivia: Corporate Appropriation and Knowledge Gaps Almut Schilling-Vacaflor 6. Prior Consultation as a Scenario for Political Dispute. A Case Study among the Sikuani Peoples from Orinoquía, Colombia Laura Calle Alzate 7. Prior Consultation as a Door Opener: Frontier Negotiations, Grassroots Contestation, and New Recognition Politics in Peru Riccarda Flemmer 8. Processes and Failures of Prior Consultations with Indigenous Peoples in Chile Alexandra Tomaselli 9. Institutional Scope and Limitations of the Right to Consultation and the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico Anavel Monterrubio RubioRedonda Part III Institutionalising Prior Consultation 10. The Construction of a General Mechanism of Consultation with Indigenous Peoples in Costa Rica William Vega 11. The Construction of a National Mechanism of Prior Consultation in Honduras Irati Nahele Barreña 12. Towards an Effective Prior Consultation Law in Paraguay Sara Mabel Villalba Portillo Part IV Avoiding Prior Consultation 13. The Failure to Consult Indigenous Peoples and Obtain their Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Ecuador: The Yasuní ITT Case Malka San Lucas Ceballos. 14. The Right to Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Argentina: The Case of Salinas Grandes-Laguna de Guayatayoc Marzia Rosti 15. Lack of Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent, and Threats to Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Brazil Julia Mello Neiva Part V Rethinking Prior Consultation 16. Implementation of the Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala Lucía Xiloj 17. From Consultation to Consent: The Politics of Indigenous Participatory Rights in Canada Martin Papillon & Thierry Rodon Part VI Lessons Learned 18. From the Implementation Gap to Indigenous Empowerment: Prior Consultation in Latin America Claire Wright & Alexandra Tomaselli Index