…Representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala, North America, Asia, Africa and Europe gathered in caucus on November 26, 2017…The negative impacts of economic activities imposed on our territories have had various negative consequences…Despite the existence of these international instruments, binding prior consultation for free and informed consent has not been respected by States and companies, and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights resulted from a long-time effort by the United Nations and the international community to achieve protection by States and respect by companies; it is essential that companies be held responsible for remedy of the damage that is caused in the exercise of economic activities…[W]e express our concern due to the existing barriers to access to justice and to remedy for indigenous peoples and indigenous women within the national judicial systems, as well as the lack of binding mechanisms in the international system, while the extrajudicial remedy mechanisms are easily circumvented by businesses...