30 Mar 2017
This report, titled Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descent Communities, and Natural Resources, summarizes a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on human rights protections in the context of extraction, exploitation, and development activities.
The nature of the rights at stake and the severity of the eects reported make the impact of these extractive activities a “priority issue in the region” and gave rise to the IACHR report.
The objectives of the IACHR report include:
- Identify and raise awareness of patterns of human rights violations committed in the context of extractive activities.
- Identify the challenges with regard to State regulations and institutions that make it possible for such violations to occur.
- Provide recommendations to guide State actions to prevent human rights violations in the context of extractive activities.
Read the full summary of the IACHR report here.
