A/HRC/18/35 standards affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other international instruments, but also to operationalizing and realizing the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework. 85. The responses received to the Special Rapporteur’s questionnaire reveal a number of State legal and institutional frameworks, domestic court decisions, business internal policies and pilot projects that address or are relevant to indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of extractive industries. In the opinion of the Special Rapporteur, these various initiatives deserve careful consideration and may provide useful guidance when devising effective models for securing the rights of indigenous peoples in the extractive projects affecting them. 86. The Special Rapporteur considers that his mandate is well placed within the wider United Nations human rights system to promote the operationalization of indigenous peoples’ rights and related institutional guarantees in the context of resource extraction and development operations, in a manner that builds on the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. This effort could be pursued through the development of specific guidelines or principles aimed at helping States, corporate actors and indigenous peoples in fulfilling the responsibilities that arise from international indigenous rights standards. In the Special Rapporteur’s view, this task is entirely within and will significantly contribute to the fulfilment of his mandate to examine ways and means of overcoming existing obstacles to the full and effective protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and to identify, exchange and promote best practices.15 87. Advancing in the development of such guidelines requires a broadly encompassing dialogue with Governments, indigenous peoples’ organizations, corporate actors, international institutions and other relevant stakeholders, in which consensus-building is a key element. In order to advance towards this goal, the Special Rapporteur has incorporated as a top priority for the second term of his mandate the realization of consultations with stakeholders, the exchange of best practices and the undertaking of specific expert studies in relation to indigenous peoples and extractive industries. 88. In undertaking this course of action, the Special Rapporteur expects to count on, as he has done in the past, the active support of all actors concerns. Furthermore, his work towards the operationalization of indigenous peoples’ rights can benefit from and contribute to ongoing initiatives of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with which the Special Rapporteur has established relations of cooperation in fulfilment of his mandate. 89. In view of the above, when considering the Special Rapporteur’s future action, the Human Rights Council may wish to entrust him with the specific task of working towards the operationalization of the rights of indigenous peoples and related institutional guarantees in the context of natural resource extraction and development projects affecting indigenous territories, with the aim of his presenting to the Council a set of specific guidelines or principles in 2013. The Council may further consider the necessity of affording additional support to the Special Rapporteur in performing this task. 15 Human Rights Council resolution 15/14, para. 1 (a). 19