Extractive industries and indigenous peoples 2013, para. 55
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Due diligence also entails ensuring that the company is not contributing to or benefiting from any failure on the part of the State to meet its international obligations towards indigenous peoples. Thus, for example, extractive companies should avoid accepting permits or concessions from States when prior consultation and consent requirements have not been met, as stated above (para. 40).
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/24/41, para. 55.