The National Congress of American Indians and Native American Rights Fund headed to the United Nations headquarters to ...

Biopiracy, women’s safety and critical mineral mining were all hot topics at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) flows from Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination. It protects Indigenous Peoples’ decision-making power as to their land and resources, and their way of life.

The power of peer pressure coupled with someone's desire to belong to the group can create a coercive environment--which limits free consent. (could also add threats or intentional omission of details ...

In particular, no one shall be subjected without his or her free consent to medical or scientific experimentation. 2. States Parties shall take all effective legislative, administrative ...