Retos jurídicos para la consulta previa a partir del análisis de su operación en el sector minero

Legal Challenges for prior consultation based on the analysis of its operation in the mining sector is a book that will allow the reader to approach the difficulties of the "operationalization" of this citizen participation mechanism. The main objective of this research work was to identify the legal challenges posed by the exercise of this right mainly in the mining sector.

To achieve this identification it was necessary to reveal the distortion in which prior consultation in general is currently submerged; then, make a description of the sectoral operation of this right in activities related to hydrocarbons, energy and mining, by regions and ethnic groups; Finally, delve fully into the legal challenges faced by prior consultation in the mining sector.

 The result of the research documented here will serve as input for the decisions of public-private sector agents, as well as making public policy making and the decisions of the legal operator better informed. The challenge is to find the solution to the challenges posed, on which the scope of the social license of mining activities in communities with the right to prior consultation depends in part.