A/HRC/33/27 A. Business, extractive industries and human rights 6. Many OHCHR field presences have worked closely with national human rights institutions to build their capacity to address indigenous peoples’ human rights. In South Africa, the regional office organized a seminar on business and human rights for community leaders and national human rights institutions of the subregion in partnership with the South African Human Rights Commission. The seminar was held in Johannesburg from 28 to 30 September 2015 and included participants from Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The principle of free, prior and informed consent was discussed and participants shared relevant experiences, placing particular focus on mining activities in their respective countries. The regional office for South America also pursued initiatives, with national human rights institutions in the subregion, with a focus on indigenous peoples and extractive industries. 7. In May 2015, the office in Guatemala held a workshop with the national human rights institution focusing on responses to social conflict in the context of natural resource extraction and development projects. In 2016, the office carried out training sessions on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to strengthen the capacity of staff members of national human rights institutions. 8. The office in Guatemala provided technical assistance to the Government on implementing the policy on reparations for 33 indigenous communities affected by the construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric project in 1975. In addition, the office provided capacity-building support on the rights of indigenous peoples to staff at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for the development of environmental impact studies. 9. The office in Mexico emphasized the right to consultation in its work on indigenous peoples’ rights. It documented three emblematic cases related to the lack of prior consultation (in Sonora and Oaxaca) and sought to engage with relevant counterparts (communities, federal and state level authorities, academics and businesses) to address the situation. B. Multilateral development banks 10. OHCHR was involved in the ongoing safeguards review of the World Bank and has formally contributed to the second draft of the Bank’s environmental and social framework, which included recommendations on the draft standard on indigenous peoples. Furthermore, an OHCHR staff member was temporarily posted to the Inspection Panel of the Bank (an independent accountability mechanism) in April and May 2016 to support the Panel’s forthcoming publication on emerging lessons relating to indigenous peoples, drawing from its caseload of 22 years. 11. At the country level, OHCHR worked with the World Bank on two projects, one focusing on land tenure reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one on collective reparations in Colombia. Both projects are being carried out in close consultation with indigenous organizations and in cooperation with the United Nations country teams. 12. The OHCHR office in Cambodia also supported indigenous communities to better assert their rights in the context of an investment project planned by the International Financial Corporation. In addition to building the capacity of project-affected communities, OHCHR was invited to observe the meetings of the tripartite committee composed of the company seeking funding from the International Financial Corporation, indigenous peoples’ representatives and local authorities. The role of OHCHR as a third-party broker 3