The death of State-licensed projects in Guatemala
- Social license and prior consultation
- Social license and prior consultation
- Audited
Because the environmental license and the mining or electricity right do not include the one permit the Constitutional Court (CC) makes enforceable through an amparo (constitutional relief action) — the prior consultation required by ILO Convention 169 — nor the one no court can grant: the consent of the territory. Escobal held a 25-year exploitation license (2013) and an approved environmental impact assessment (EIA); Fénix held a license and an EIA; El Tambor held a license. All three were suspended by the courts for the same defect. The dossier documents the case law, the cases with names and outcomes, and what the public record allows one to say about what works.
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- Guatemala's ratification of ILO Convention 169 and its obligations
- Absence of a prior consultation law and Initiative 5450
- Over 100 community consultations without binding force
- The Constitutional Court's four stages of prior consultation
- The missing consultation law as an investor risk
- The 2005 Sipacapa consultation on the Marlin mine
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