E/CN.4/2003/90 page 29 45 Ley Indígena, No. 19.253 [1993] and Ley de Medio Ambiente No. 19.300. 46 Information on the Ralco project was provided by the Government of Chile in response to the Special Rapporteur’s request, and by Alvaro Bello M. especially for this report. For the assessment studies and the World Bank’s involvement see: http://new.aaanet.org/committees/cfhr/rptpehuenc.htm; http://www.ted-downing.com/; http://bicusa.org; www.mapuche-nation.org. 47 Sentence T-652/98. The absence of a formal consultation process on the project is, according to the Court, a violation of the right to participation, of the right to due process, and of the principle of the multicultural character of the Colombian nation. 48 Acta de acuerdos entre el Gobierno Nacional, la empresa Urra S.A. y los Cabildos Mayores de Rio Verde y Río Sinú, y Comunidad de Seguido. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, 25 April 2000. 49 “Incumplimiento de la responsabilidad del Estado frente a la desaparición forzada de Kimy Domico Pernia”, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, 12 June 2001. 50 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, press release, 17 October 2002. 51 “This is the main reason for the present conflicts with the Government. The following cases can be mentioned as examples: the U’wa and the oil exploitation by Oxy; the Emberá-Katío and the construction of the Urrá hydroelectric plant; the Wayuú and coal mining; the Pijao and the construction of the dam in Saldaña; the Chamí and the logging by Smurffit; the Inga, Kofane and Siona and the oil drilling and construction of a road. Acute situations are predicted in the case of the Sikuani for the channelling of the Meta River and the African palm plantation project, as well as in the case of the Emberá and the construction of the Atrato-Truandó canal.” Response to Special Rapporteur’s request for information provided by ONIC, 9 July 2002. 52 John R Wood, “India’s Narmada River Dams: Sardar Sarovar under Siege” in Asian Survey, vol. XXXII, No. 10, October 1993, p. 968. 53 Amrita Patwardhan et al., “Dams and Tribal People in India”, paper contributed to the World Commission on Dams, prepared for thematic review 1.2, 2000, p. 13. 54 Wood, op. cit., p. 978. 55 Patrick McCully, “Sardar Sarovar Project: An Overview”, May 1994, reproduced at www.narmada.org/sardar-sarovar/irnoverview940525.html. 56 57 Patwardhan, op. cit., p. 11. Ibid., p. 12.