Conflict Transformation through Prior Consultation? Lessons from Peru
Schilling-Vacaflor A, Flemmer R (2015)
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Book Volume: 47
Pages Range: 811-839
Journal Issue: 4
DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X15000826
Abstract
This article analyses the background to and the content of the Peruvian prior consultation law-the only one enacted in Latin America to date-and its regulating decree. In contrast to the widespread conception that prior consultation is a means for preventing and resolving conflict, it argues that this new legislation will not help to transform conflicts as long as the normative framework itself is contested and the preconditions for participatory governance are not in place. Establishing these preconditions would result in state institutions capable of justly balancing the diverse interests at stake; measures that reduce power asymmetries within consultations; and joint decision-making processes with binding agreements.
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APA:
Schilling-Vacaflor, A., & Flemmer, R. (2015). Conflict Transformation through Prior Consultation? Lessons from Peru. Journal of Latin American Studies, 47(4), 811-839. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X15000826
MLA:
Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut, and Riccarda Flemmer. "Conflict Transformation through Prior Consultation? Lessons from Peru." Journal of Latin American Studies 47.4 (2015): 811-839.
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