Studia Iuridica

DRUG POSSESSION, CHILEAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND CULTURAL DEFENSES

2023, 96, No. 1

Rodrigo Cespedes

0000-0001-9607-3498

DOI

10.31338/2544-3135.si.2023-96.3

Publication date

07.07.2023

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Law

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law

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

This paper examines two decisions in which the legal dispute was focused on whether it was lawful to possess coca leaves by indigenous peoples to practice rituals according to their traditional customs. Both ILO Convention 169 (ILO C169) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) were paramount in justifying a cultural defence.

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