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Pays/Territoire
Pérou
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Jul 26, 2011
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Tribunal constitucional
Juge
MESÍA RAMÍREZ
ÁLVAREZ MIRANDA
VERGARA GOTELLI
BEAUMONT CALLIRGOS
CALLE HAYEN
ETO CRUZ
URVIOLA HANI
Numéro de référence
EXP. No 00024-2009-PI
Sujet
Agriculture et développement rural, Questions juridiques
Mot clé
Populations autochtones Développement agricole Agriculture et environnement Produits agricoles Terrains agricoles
Résumé

The Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal is asked to review the constitutionality of the legislative decree No 994 which promotes private investments in irrigation projects to improve agricultural capacities through the irrigation of “unproductive” lands.

Opponents of the legislative decree argue that it violates the rights for indigenes to be consulted and informed in accordance with the convention 169 of the International Labour Organisation on indigenous and tribal peoples and the UN Declaration of the rights of indigenous people. Indeed, this legislative decree only applies to lands without property titles and therefore to lands belonging to indigenous communities as most of them do not have any property titles on their lands.

The court considered that the legislative decree No 994 was in line with the constitution and with convention 169 of the ILO because it does not apply to indigenous territory. Indeed, the court pointed out that the decree applies only to “unproductive lands” with agricultural suitability belonging to the State.