Community Protocols Toolbox

The Community Protocols Toolbox is a guide providing a curated list of resources and further reading for communities and facilitators interacting with extractive industries. It categorizes tools for corporate accountability, human rights assessments, the negotiation of community development agreements, and the analysis of global trade and investment trends.

• The document provides resources to help communities seek redress and accountability for human rights abuses by multinational corporations and international financial institutions, including guides from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Accountability Counsel, and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO).
• For communities deciding to negotiate with governments or companies regarding extractive activities, the guide suggests resources such as the Fair Mining Collaborative's guide for Canadian First Nations, the IBA Community Toolkit for mining sector agreements, and the World Bank's Community Development Agreements Source Book.
• The guide lists tools for monitoring the extractive sector's transparency and global trends, highlighting the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for data on tax payments and contracts, and Chatham House's 'Resources Future' for analyzing the political economy of raw materials markets.
• To understand the economic context of extractive industries, the document recommends using UN Statistics for commodity trade, WTO Country Trade Policy Reviews, and UNCTAD's World Investment Reports to track foreign direct investment (FDI) flows.

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). Community Protocols Toolbox. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/toolbox_6.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. Community Protocols Toolbox. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/toolbox_6.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljusticendcommunity, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Community Protocols Toolbox}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/toolbox_6.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }