138 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in relation to the upcoming EU-Colombia trade agreement, if he has considered the human rights abuses existing in Colombia such as the expelling of indigenous persons from their land and the granting of land titles to foreign national companies; if an FTA will address human rights concerns in Colombia by not legitimising or facilitating the dispossession of peasants, farmers and communities from their land by forcing Colombia to establish a land registry and proper protocol for judicial processes which fairly represent peasants, farmers and communities; if Colombia’s natural resources will be protected and monitored as part of the FTA and if it will ensure that there will not be a maximising of resource exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/12]

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138 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in relation to the upcoming EU-Colombia trade agreement, if he has considered the human rights abuses existing in Colombia such as the expelling of indigenous persons from their land and the granting of land titles to foreign national companies; if an FTA will address human rights concerns in Colombia by not legitimising or facilitating the dispossession of peasants, farmers and communities from their land by forcing Colombia to establish a land registry and proper protocol for judicial processes which fairly represent peasants, farmers and communities; if Colombia’s natural resources will be protected and monitored as part of the FTA and if it will ensure that there will not be a maximising of resource exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/12]

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1. 28 February 2012

   International Agreements

   138 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in relation to the upcoming EU-Colombia trade agreement, if he has considered the human rights abuses existing in Colombia such as the expelling of indigenous persons from their land and the granting of land titles to foreign national companies; if an FTA will address human rights concerns in Colombia by not legitimising or facilitating the dispossession of peasants, farmers and communities from their land by forcing Colombia to establish a land registry and proper protocol for judicial processes which fairly represent peasants, farmers and communities; if Colombia’s natural resources will be protected and monitored as part of the FTA and if it will ensure that there will not be a maximising of resource exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/12]

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