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Group Vows to Monitor Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) Process for Indigenous Peoples
A civil society group, FPIC Watch, has been launched in the Philippines to monitor and strengthen the Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) process for indigenous communities affected by development projects, warning against its alleged "weakening."
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An indigenous rights advocacy group, FPIC Watch, has been formally launched in the Philippines to monitor and assert the right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) for ancestral land and domain holders, proposing alternative government protection mechanisms.