COalition Statements

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SIRGE Coalition Stands with the Apache Stronghold in Demanding Free, Prior and Informed Consent

The Securing Indigenous Peoples Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition stands with the Apache Stronghold in demanding that Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) – Indigenous Peoples’ right to give or withhold consent on projects that impact or potentially impact them – is honored. FPIC flows from Indigenous self-determination as articulated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and should be honored as such.

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Agnes Portalewska Agnes Portalewska

SIRGE Coalition Applauds AXIS Policy on Indigenous Rights

The Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition applauds the recently adopted human rights policy at AXIS Capital. AXIS Capital is the first North American insurer to state that it will not underwrite new projects that fail to obtain the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of impacted Indigenous communities.

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