Violations of the right to equal access to justice (no access to collective legal aid and thus courtroom legal representation) and FPIC (non-presence of the Indigenous community at an information meeting taken as consent by business) have affected Jijnjevaerie sameby (Indigenous Sámi community) in the situation of external business-proposed and -advocated windmills on traditional reindeer herding and sameby land.
The disturbances of windmills affect the movement of animals and thus the overall composition of nature in the areas they are located and further restrict traditional land use that is already so affected by settlement and encroaching 'development'.
Sámi journalist Inga Marja Steinfjell at Sameradion (Sámi Radio) interviewed IOSDE's Director India Reed Bowers on her reaction to the news of the sameby's lack of legal aid and attorney representation (including in the courtroom) due to finances and the structure of the legal aid system in Sweden and Sápmi on the Swedish side, as well as the situation of external business-claimed sameby consent.
Sameradion article and interview clip here: Kritiserar Sverige för bristande rättshjälp
The disturbances of windmills affect the movement of animals and thus the overall composition of nature in the areas they are located and further restrict traditional land use that is already so affected by settlement and encroaching 'development'.
Sámi journalist Inga Marja Steinfjell at Sameradion (Sámi Radio) interviewed IOSDE's Director India Reed Bowers on her reaction to the news of the sameby's lack of legal aid and attorney representation (including in the courtroom) due to finances and the structure of the legal aid system in Sweden and Sápmi on the Swedish side, as well as the situation of external business-claimed sameby consent.
Sameradion article and interview clip here: Kritiserar Sverige för bristande rättshjälp
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