Selected International Mining Instruments

This page includes various mining instruments adopted at the international level. However, mining instruments concerning union-level and state-level are available on the dedicated page, which can be accessed through the link on the left-hand side.

Mining and International Law

Mining and Rights of Indigenous People

• FPIC, Report by the second Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, in its 2013 report, UN Doc A/HRC/24/41 of 1 July 2013
  
  
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007
  
  
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) – ILO
  
  
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 1967
  
  
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 1966
  
  
• Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, UN General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962
  

Mining and Soft Law Instruments

• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 2011