Socio-environmental Conflicts and Non-compliance with the Framework Agreements in the Southern Peruvian Andean Mining Corridor, 2015 - 2020

This study aimed to present the socio-legal foundations for the regulation of mining framework agreements in regions of the southern Andean area of Peru. Using a qualitative approach and a socio-legal and functional methodology, the study employed document analysis as its primary technique. Framework agreements hold normative value derived from a legal analysis that traces back to the sources of obligations. However, they are atypical contracts, and as such, there is no specific legislation that regulates or governs them from their inception to their implementation. In addition, these agreements are always accompanied by internal negotiation guidelines and procedures. Furthermore, the relationship between framework agreements and the socio-environmental conflicts occurring in the Mining Corridor of the Southern Peruvian Andes is legal in nature, given that the breach of certain components or pillars has led to social conflicts which are manifested through protests by the involved communities or populations.