VIOLANDS INVESTMENT LTD intends to start in partnership with FLMEP its internal consultation process with indigenous communities in order to guarantee their rights within its mining title according to Free and Prior Consent Standard (FPIC), a principle protected by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Labour Organization Convention 169, which are the most powerful and comprehensive international instruments that recognize the plights of Indigenous Peoples and defend their rights.

To develop an appropriate feasibility of this project by focusing on the most critical social and environmental values, the High Conservation Value  Standard (HCV) will serve to identify the areas concerned, an essential first step to map and implement the protection plan of the different interest. The principle is also linked to treaty norms, including the right to self- determination affirmed in common Article 1 of the International Human Rights Covenants, the right to develop and maintain cultures, under article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICECSR). In its interpretation of cultural rights, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) outlines that the right to participate in cultural life includes the right of indigenous peoples to restitution or return of lands, territories and resources traditionally used and enjoyed by indigenous communities if taken without the prior and informed consent of the affected peoples.