Report: Indigenous Peoples’ Issues & Participation at UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Indigenous Peoples’ Issues & Participation at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Progress to date and Potential for the F uture

This paper provides an overview of indigenous peoples’ participation at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. It addresses progress to date in relation to indigenous peoples’ issues at the first two sessions of the Forum and the potential role which it can play in the future in promoting respect for indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of corporate activities, in particular extractive industry activities, in their territories.

Author: Cathal Doyle, University of Middlesex, June 2014