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tenure before extractive operations were undertaken on the territory of the Maya
communities.
45.
He indicated that national human rights institutions could be play a key role at the
national level in the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights. He emphasized the need to engage chambers of commerce as relevant stakeholders
at the national level during discussions about business enterprises and human rights.
46.
Mr. Tsykarev supported the establishment of national action plans on business and
human rights, which should include legislative efforts, codification and systematization of
national laws linked to indigenous peoples and business enterprises. Those efforts would
also facilitate the harmonization of legislation at all levels. He underlined the connections
between the cultural rights of indigenous peoples and the influence of industries, which was
highlighted in the study of the Expert Mechanism on the promotion and protection of the
rights of indigenous peoples with respect to their cultural heritage. He proposed making use
of the capacity of the Expert Mechanism to facilitate a sustainable process of consultation
between indigenous peoples, governments and businesses. He suggested organizing a side
event at the forthcoming Forum on Business and Human Rights on indigenous peoples’
human rights and business enterprises.
VI. Post-2015 development agenda and indigenous peoples’
rights
47.
Mr. Mansayagan, opening the discussion, pointed out some of the gaps in the post2015 development goals from the perspective of indigenous peoples. He stated that the
post-2015 development agenda would constitute the international community’s road map
for development in the forthcoming years. Referring to the conclusion of the panel
discussion during the seventh session of the Expert Mechanism, he outlined some key
elements, such as the need to fully integrate indigenous peoples’ perspectives into the post2015 development agenda; the need for indicators of well-being and sustainability instead
of purely economic indicators; and the need to recognize the right to free, prior and
informed consent. He highlighted the fact that, following a proposal from the Expert
Mechanism, the Human Rights Council had encouraged States to give due consideration to
all the rights of indigenous peoples in the process of the elaboration of the post-2015
development agenda and to take measures to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples,
and in particular indigenous youth, in national processes for the implementation of the new
development goals (Council resolution 27/13, para. 15). He expressed concern at the
absence of references to free, prior and informed consent in the final draft of the goals, and
at the fact that indigenous peoples were grouped together with other vulnerable sectors of
society.
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Indigenous representatives regretted the fact that their concerns had been
inadequately reflected in the final draft of the sustainable development goals and the fact
that indigenous peoples were explicitly mentioned under only two targets (goal 2 and goal
4). The new development goals must reflect the concerns of indigenous peoples, in line
with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Some participants stated that
national human rights institutions could be instrumental partners in ensuring that
indigenous peoples participated in national-level plans and strategies for the
implementation of the new goals. Participants commended the priority given to
disaggregated data in the post-2015 development goals and stressed the need to include
such data across all relevant indicators and targets of the 17 goals.
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