Extractive industries and indigenous peoples 2013, para. 83
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Indigenous individuals and peoples have the right to oppose and actively express opposition to extractive projects promoted by the State or third party business interests. Indigenous peoples should be able to oppose or withhold consent to extractive projects free from reprisals or acts of violence, or from undue pressures to accept or enter into consultations about extractive projects.
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
Environment
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/24/41, para. 83.