Implementing international policy on population involuntary resettlement in the mining sector

• Autor: Barja Otero, Lucila Aurora
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.usmp.edu.pe:article/382
• Enlace del recurso: https://portalrevistas.aulavirtualusmp.pe/index.php/VJ/article/view/382
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Natural resources; mineral resources; mining concession; population resettlement; international resettlement policies; action plan population resettlement; economic displacement; physical displacement; displaced population; host population; Recursos naturales; recursos minerales; concesión minera; reasentamiento poblacional; políticas internacionales de reasentamiento; plan de acción de reasentamiento poblacional; desplazamiento económico; desplazamiento físico; población desplazada; Minería

This article discusses the process of involuntary population resettlement related to the relocation and rehabilitation of people, families, groups or communities displaced physically and / or socio-economic, who are located in strategic areas where a project of mining investment is required to be executed.Therefore, in the absence of a regulatory framework for this process in our national law, this paper develops international guidelines established by the World Bank and the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB, through the Operational Policy OP-710 and Operational Policy OP 4.12, respectively; which have been considered by mining companies in order to establish a framework for population resettlement, necessary for the execution of their projects.In this regard, according to a review of the provisions proposed by the Draft Law on promotion and facilitation of resettlement of populations in areas of influence of large mining projects; and those established by Law 2986