A/HRC/21/55 peoples,4 the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism, and requested that such coordination continue. In that spirit, the present follow-up report was prepared after consulting their previous work. 6. Additionally, the Expert Mechanism, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples have had initial discussions in relation to indigenous peoples and extractive industries, including in meetings at the Expert Mechanism‟s fourth session and in the annual coordination meeting among the Expert Mechanism, the Permanent Forum and the Special Rapporteur. Further, the topic was discussed during the interactive dialogue between the Special Rapporteur and the Expert Mechanism and the Human Rights Council, held within the framework of the eighteenth session of the Council. In addition, the Working Group on business and human rights has been consulted. C. Ongoing work on the relationship between the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the rights of indigenous peoples 7. The Expert Mechanism will invite the Working Group on business and human rights, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to work together on the relationship between the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and indigenous peoples‟ rights. II. International legal and policy framework A. Law 1. Permanent sovereignty of indigenous peoples over natural resources and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 8. The right to participate is indivisible from and interrelated with other rights of indigenous peoples, such as their right to self-determination and their rights to their lands, territories and resources (A/HRC/18/42). Thus, although the right to participate is the focus of the present follow-up report, it should be read holistically and be understood as a coherent whole in the light of the rights of indigenous peoples relating to extractive industries more broadly. 9. As a fundamental inherent right, self-determination is best exemplified and fully enjoyed by indigenous peoples when exercised in relation to lands, territories and resources, especially in regard to extractive industries. In the implementation of articles 1 and 3 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment of common article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which states, in part: (a) All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they…freely pursue their economic…development; 4 4 The Special Rapporteur‟s study covers a broader range of subject matter and rights, beyond the right to participate in decision-making, and also is more empirical in focus, consistent with his mandate to undertake country visits and respond to communications.