At the third of five sub-regional consultations by African Commission experts, ISHR drew attention to regional trends in central Africa related to the intersection of extractive industry activities, government policy, and challenges to human rights defenders. Testimonies from national organisations working to improve respect for the rights of individuals and communities affected by natural resource exploitation highlighted gaps in legislation, insufficient knowledge, immense power imbalances, and inadequate implementation as key drivers of vulnerability and abuse...From 13 to 15 July, the African Commission’s Working Group on Extractives Industries, the Environment and Human Rights – whose mandate includes examining the impacts of the extractive industries on human rights violations and environment – heard testimonies from national and regional civil society representatives who work on corporate accountability issues. The Working Group aims of this consultations were to examine the impact of extractive industries on human rights, and to solicit recommendations to the Working Group, among other stakeholders, to improve respect for human rights in the area of natural resources management.