Sámi Parliament, Norway

Vibeke Larsen

Executive Council member of the Sami Parliament

The High North

Sápmi

• The Sámi are one people - living in areas of four national states

• Common language, culture and traditions

The Sámi rights struggle

• Stortinget decide to

build the dam in 1978

• Demonstrations started

in June 1979

• Hunger strikes

• Conflict ends in 1982

• What we try to avoid,

conflicts

Scanpix | Rolf Chr. Ulrichsen

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Consultations Agreement

• Agreement on consultation procedures between

state authorities and the Sámi Parliament (2005)

• The consultation agreement applies in cases that

may directly affect the Sámi.

• ILO convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and

Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1990)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of

Indigenous Peoples, 2007

• Article 19

States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the

indigenous peoples concerned through their own

representative institutions in order to obtain their free,

prior and informed consent before adopting and

implementing legislative or administrative measures that

may affect them.

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Resources above and below the ground

• Mineral act, Norway, 2009

• The Sami Parliament`s mineral guide, 2010

• Positive signals, 2012-2013

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Conclusions

• Indigenous Peoples’ right to their territories, lands,

waters, resources and traditional livelihoods.

• Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination.

• Consultations and participations in the decision making

processes.

• Benefit sharing and compensation

• Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSRs)

Capacity building

• Thanks for your attention!