Professor Kristen Carpenter and the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met with Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, on December 7. The meeting was part of the Expert Mechanism鈥檚 visit to Santiago to conduct a study on 鈥渇ree, prior, and informed consent鈥 among indigenous peoples, states, and industry as a safeguard for self-determination, land, culture, and other human rights.