Corporate responsibility with respect to indigenous rights 2010, para. 83
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As a result, the international community now holds the expectation, increasingly shared by all the stakeholders directly involved, including business itself, that companies bear certain responsibilities with respect to indigenous rights. Within the conceptual framework drawn up by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises - protect, respect and remedy - companies have, at the very least, the duty to comply with international standards relating to the human rights of indigenous peoples.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/15/37, para. 83.