Implement indigenous peoples’ right of free, prior and informed consent

ON June 29, the Shanyuan Palm Beach Resort project passed an environmental impact assessment, causing a flurry of indignation from local residents and East Coast environmental protection groups. On July 6, Citizens of the Earth and indigenous groups from Shanyuan Bay in Taiwan convened a press conference outside of the Executive Yuan, where they demanded that the various government ministries swiftly integrate and suspend the Shanyuan Palm Beach Resort project pending consent from local indigenous communities–a legal requirement for any development on traditional indigenous lands. 

The Executive Yuan’s decision to send out a low-ranking official to accept the protestors’ petition further angered demonstrators, who insisted that they wouldn’t leave until the Minister Without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen(張景森) personally came out to face them. In the end, the Executive Yuan’s Deputy Secretary-General came out to meet the protesters and reiterated that the hotel project would not be approved without the consent of indigenous communities. Finally, indigenous peoples’ representatives submitted a petition demanding that the Executive Yuan upholds the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law, which explicitly states the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples is a prerequisite for undertaking any development projects. 

Implement indigenous peoples’ right of free, prior and informed consent

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落實原住民知情同意權

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地球公民基金會與台東杉原灣原住民等團體，7月6日在行政院前召開記者會，要求行政院應儘速整合各部會，暫緩棕櫚濱海渡假村開發案，落實"原住民知情同意權"的法律規定。6月29日，棕櫚濱海渡假村開發案通過環境差異審查，，引起原住民與關心東海岸環境保護的民眾非常的不滿。抗議民眾不滿意行政院派科長出來接受陳情書，堅持要政務委員張景森出來接受陳情書；因此持續在行政院門口等待。最後行政院派出院長辦公室主任接受陳情。行政院明確表示，此開發個案原住民知情同意權若沒通過；是不會允許開發的。最後由原住民代表，遞交陳情書；要求政府當局落實原住民知情同意權。