This report provides an overview of the present state of play of the extractive industries in relation to indigenous peoples, taking as its point of departure the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples(UNDRIP) in 2007, together with the 2009 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues International (UNPFII) Expert Group Meeting on Extractive Industries, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility, and the 2009 International Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Industries. The report is divided into four chapters and concludes with a set of recommendations 

 

 

Authors: Dr. Cathal Doyle and Mr. Andy Whitmore, published in 2014 by Tebtebba, Indigenous Peoples Links and Middlesex University.

 

 

Contents

 

Foreword

Executive Summary and Summary of Recommendations

Introduction

 

Chapter One: Overview of the Situation of Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries

Has Extractive Industries-Related Impact on Indigenous Peoples Increased?

Review of Environmental and Social Impacts on Indigenous Peoples

Lessons Learned by the Industry and Emerging Good Practices

National level Developments in Relation to Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries

Indigenous Rights Asserting Responses in the Context of Extractive Industries

 

Chapter Two: UN Human Rights Bodies, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries

Overview of the Normative Framework of  Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Developments in UN Treaty Body Jurisprudence Post-UNDRIP Adoption

UN Charter Body Focus on Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Industries

 

Chapter Three: Normative Development Outside of UN Human Rights Bodies

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

International Labor Organization

Regional Systems

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

United Nations Global Compact

Financial Institutions, Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples

The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)

 

Chapter Four: Looking to the Future: A Self-Determination and Sustainable Development Compliant Extractive Sector?

Introduction

Implications of the Post-2015 Development Agenda for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Institutional Level Changes to Open Up New Opportunities for Indigenous Peoples

Future Extractive Industries Landscape and Opportunities to Shape It 

 

Conclusion

Recommendations

 

 

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