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Indigenous Voices

The significance of Convention 169 for the Wampís in Peru

 

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Notes on contributor

Wrays Perez Ramirez has been Pamuk, President or the highest authority of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampí Nation in Peru since 2015. In November 2015 the 27 registered Wampí communities agreed on the statutes of the autonomous territorial government covering an area roughly five times the size of Luxembourg. The interview was conducted in Lima on October 2018 by Peter Larsen and was edited and translated for inclusion in this journal.

Notes

1 Ley 29785, o Ley del Derecho a la Consulta Previa a los Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios.

2 Article 18: Adequate penalties shall be established by law for unauthorised intrusion upon, or use of, the lands of the peoples concerned, and governments shall take measures to prevent such offences.

3 The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) is a national indigenous rights organisation representing indigenous peoples of the Amazon.

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