Summary

The present report is submitted in response to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69 in which the Commission requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene an annual sectoral consultation of senior company executives and experts. On 10 and 11 November 2005, the High Commissioner convened in Geneva a consultation on “Human rights and the extractive industry”. The consultation considered existing initiatives and standards relevant to the extractive sector, sought to clarify human rights responsibilities of business, and examined ways to strengthen protection of human rights in the extractive sector.