A/HRC/24/41
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 July 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of
indigenous peoples, James Anaya*
Extractive industries and indigenous peoples
Summary
This is the final thematic report of James Anaya, the Special Rapporteur on the
rights of indigenous peoples, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with
Council resolutions 6/12 and 15/14. Building upon previous reports, it addresses the human
rights concerns of indigenous peoples relating to extractive industries. The Special
Rapporteur seeks to further advance understanding of the content and implications of
international human rights standards that are relevant to these concerns, identifying and
building upon points of consensus that he has found in relation to these standards. He
provides a series of observations and recommendations that draw from the experiences he
has studied, and that point to new models for resource extraction that are or would be
consistent with international standards and conducive to the fulfilment of indigenous
peoples’ rights. The report does not address the issues and human rights standards that are
particular to indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation.
* The annex to the present report is reproduced as received, in the language of submission
only.
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