A/HRC/36/22 context of large-scale projects and economic interests over indigenous lands, territories and natural resources. 14. For example, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR in the Plurinational State of Bolivia monitored two consultation processes for mining projects. The Office urged the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority to engage in a genuine dialogue with indigenous communities in order to protect and promote their collective interests. 15. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras has advocated for the inclusion of international human rights standards in the government-led process to discuss a draft law on the right to free, prior and informed consent. In March 2017, the Office held several meetings with the main national private and industrial associations to promote the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. Furthermore, at the request of the Honduran authorities, the Special Rapporteur conducted a visit to the country in April 2017 to follow up to the recommendations on the process to regulate free, prior and informed consent and consultation. 16. In March 2017, OHCHR organized an expert seminar in Boulder, United States of America, jointly with the University of Colorado Law School. The main objective of the seminar was to collect substantive information for the study by the Expert Mechanism on good practices and challenges in business and in access to financial services by indigenous peoples. 17. In August 2016, the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session the second of three reports dedicated to international investment agreements and their impacts on indigenous peoples’ rights (A/HRC/33/42). In her report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session (A/71/229), the Special Rapporteur chose to explore how conservation measures affect indigenous people and recommended means to increase respect for indigenous peoples’ rights. In February 2017, the Special Rapporteur carried out a follow-up visit to examine the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States, in particular to the situation related to extractive industries. 18. During the reporting period, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended to Honduras that it draft clear guidelines and regulations for evaluating the social and environmental impact of natural resource exploitation projects, in particular those carried out in territories of indigenous or Afro-Honduran peoples. The Government was urged to ensure that communities affected by the exploitation of natural resources are consulted, receive compensation for damages or losses incurred and receive a share of the profits from said activities. 19. The Human Rights Committee urged Colombia to step up its efforts to ensure the timely and effective implementation of the plans developed for the preservation of the 34 indigenous peoples identified as being at risk of cultural or physical extinction or disintegration. Many of those indigenous peoples are represented in the indigenous human right defenders network in Putumayo developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, supporting the effective use of tools and mechanisms for the protection of their territories. The Office also supported the indigenous Nasa people of Putumayo, in coordination with the regional Ombudsman’s Office in implementing a protection mechanism called “tutela” for claiming their rights, including in connection with planned extractive activities in the territory. 20. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urged the Philippines to ensure that free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned is obtained before granting licences to private companies; and that indigenous peoples are represented by their own freely chosen representatives in local decision-making bodies, such as local mining boards and development units. 21. The Committee recommended that Sweden review relevant legislation, policies and practices that regulate activities that may have an impact on the rights and interests of the Sami people, including development projects and the operations of extractive industries, and in particular the Minerals Act, the Minerals Strategy and the Environmental Code. 4