Extractives & National Action Plans on business & human rights
Despite the widely recognized ill-effects of extractive operations on the communities in which they operate, States, development banks, and extractive companies continue to support these projects without due consideration of their potential human rights impacts. In particular, indigenous and tribal peoples are often not consulted regarding potential project licenses that would affect their communities, as required by the internationally recognized right to free, prior, and informed consent...
This report provides guidance on how human rights issues related to the extractive sector can be addressed in NAPs on business and human rights, as well as other similar policies. This guide is intended for use by both States with large amounts of oil, gas, and mineral wealth and extraction (host States) and States where multinational extractive companies are domiciled or registered (home States).