Addressing the 18th session of UN/HRC, James Anaya presented his report mainly devoted to analyzing the impact of extractive industries operating within or near indigenous territories. The report is the result of answers by Governments, indigenous peoples, corporations and civil society to a questionnaire on the issue. Conclusions of the Special Rapporteur include the need to continue study of the issue through further consultations, towards operationalizing the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of natural resource extraction affecting indigenous territories, in order to be able to present a specific set of guidelines or principles by 2013.
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