Violence against indigenous women and girls; rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extractive industries 2012, para. 55
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- While the Special Rapporteur has observed a high level of acceptance of the Guiding Principles and their "protect, respect and remedy" framework, he has also noted ambiguity among Government and corporate actors about the extent to or manner in which the Guiding Principles relate to the standards of human rights that specifically concern indigenous peoples. This ambiguity should be dispelled in favour of a clear understanding that the Guiding Principles apply to advance the specific rights of indigenous peoples in the same way as they advance human rights more generally, when those rights are affected or potentially affected by business activities, including extractive industries. There is no sound reason to exclude the human rights standards that apply specifically to indigenous peoples from the application of the Guiding Principles, and to do so would be contrary to the injunction, found among the Guiding Principles' introductory paragraphs, that they should be applied "in a non-discriminatory manner", with particular attention to the rights and needs of groups that are vulnerable or marginalized.
- 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/21/47, para. 55.
- Paragraph number
- 55
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