The book explores the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) – a highly controversial right. It examines the right- or stakeholders of FPIC, the scope of the consent requirement, the respect for self-determined decision-making, and the right to FPIC of women in different sociolegal fields.
Ricarda Rösch is a senior policy advisor at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. From 2009 to 2014, she studied European, Comparative, and International Law in Bremen, Montpellier, and London. Subsequently, she joined the DFG-funded project "Human Rights as Standards for Transnational Economic Law" at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. With funding from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, she completed her Ph.D. in 2022. Moreover, she worked as a visiting researcher at the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation, as a consultant in the land sector (both in Liberia), and as a sustainability analyst for a sustainable bank.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction.- 2. The Global Time-Space: FPIC in the Fields of Transnational Law.- 3. The National Time-Space: FPIC in Liberian Fields of Post-Conflict Law-Making.- 4. The Local Time-Space: FPIC in the Fields of Community Forestry.- 5. Conclusion: FPIC's Journeys.