Robinson López, former president of ACIMVIP, presents the problems of prior consultation on a panel

Intervention by Robinson López, captioned on screen as president of the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon (the video's title presents him as president of ACIMVIP and of that organization), on panel 2 of a public hearing on the regulation of prior consultation, broadcast by Canal Congreso and dated November 19, 2015, in the caption. After being introduced by Alirio Uribe, according to what is said in the video, he sets out before the audience the problems surrounding the right to prior consultation, points to actions by the Government and oil companies that affect the autonomy and survival of the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon, among them the Inga People of Putumayo, and calls on Congress to rethink the structure of the Directorate of Prior Consultation. He states: «territory is life for Indigenous peoples; without it we cannot exist». We invite you to watch the full video on its original channel.