EN REN KONFLIKT, OM REN, VIND OCH MALM En normativ studie om samernas rätt till mark under den gröna omställningen

Abstract

This study aims to unravel if it should be accepted to use natural resources in the Sami reindeer grazing area for the green transition. Mines, wind parks, and other infrastructure in the reindeer grazing area create problems for the reindeers which makes it difficult for the Sami to proceed with this traditional practice. While the Sami people have right to practice these customs the minerals and land which in it lies could be crucial to successfully go through the green transition in Sweden and the European Union as well. To answer the question: Should it be acceptable to use natural resources in the Sami reindeer grazing area to accomplish the green transition? a reflective equilibrium will be applied to the principles of egalitarianism and collective rights. In the end, I will argue that it would be acceptable to use some of the natural resources that exist in the reindeer grazing area, if necessary to secure peoples basic needs, but the Sami people must be compensated for the infringed rights and to respect their self-determination. The Sami people should share the land regulatory rights with the state so that they could have the right to participate in where the mines should be located, to secure these rights the government need to ratify ILO 169.