A/HRC/33/42
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
3
II.
Activities of the Special Rapporteur ................................................................................................
3
A.
Country visits ...........................................................................................................................
3
B.
Report on environmental conservation measures ....................................................................
3
International investment agreements ................................................................................................
3
A.
Background .............................................................................................................................
3
B.
Overview of international investment agreements ...................................................................
4
Indigenous peoples’ rights ...............................................................................................................
5
A.
Overview .................................................................................................................................
5
B.
Recognition and enforcement ..................................................................................................
6
C.
Business and indigenous peoples’ rights .................................................................................
6
Impacts on indigenous peoples’ rights of investments, international investment agreements
and investor-State dispute settlements..............................................................................................
7
A.
Impact of investments on indigenous peoples .........................................................................
7
B.
Impacts of international investment agreements and investor-State dispute settlements .........
8
C.
Examples of investor-State dispute settlements involving indigenous peoples’ rights ............
10
D.
Observations on investor-State dispute settlements .................................................................
13
VI.
Trans-Pacific Partnership .................................................................................................................
16
VII.
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
17
A.
Conclusions .............................................................................................................................
17
B.
Recommendations....................................................................................................................
19
I.
Participation in international and national conferences and dialogues .............................................
25
II.
Regional and global workshops on the impact of investment agreements and the rights
of indigenous peoples .......................................................................................................................
26
III. Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................
31
IV. Other ISDS cases impacting on indigenous peoples rights ..............................................................
34
III.
IV.
V.
Annexes
2