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Article

5 Dec 2012

Author:
James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

Statement by Professor James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Forum on Business and Human Rights

...I have noted significant ambiguity about the extent to or manner in which the Guiding Principles [on business and human rights] relate to the standards of human rights that specifically concern indigenous peoples...[A]s affirmed by the Guiding Principles, business enterprises have an independent responsibility to respect human rights. And as I have detailed in my most recent report to the [Human Rights] Council, and as indicated in the comment to article 12 of the Guiding Principles, the rights that corporations should respect include the rights that are specific to indigenous peoples.