A/HRC/21/55 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 August 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Follow-up report on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, with a focus on extractive industries Summary In the present follow-up report, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples examines the issue of indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decisionmaking, with a focus on extractive industries. It examines, inter alia, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights endorsed by the Human Rights Council, relevant provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples, and policy considerations. Advice No. 4 provides guidance for States, extractive industries and indigenous peoples in relation to indigenous peoples‟ participation in decision-making. GE.12-16059