For centuries, Belize’s Toledo district has been home to indigenous Maya people and Garifuna, an Afro-descendant people…In 1994, without consulting Toledo Maya or Garifuna people, the government converte…their ancestral territory into government land, the Sarstoon- Temash National Park (STNP). The government then opened…[it] to oil exploration by USCapital Energy Belize, Ltd, a…subsidiary of…USCapital Energy, Inc...Under human rights law, the government of Belize is obliged to protect and ensure Maya and Garifuna land rights. Private businesses operating in the area also have a duty to respect these rights…The government of Belize must halt oil exploration in Toledo and delineate and title Maya and Garifuna lands. USCapital Energy Belize, Ltd should suspend its oil exploration immediately and resume activities only if the Belizean government obtains the free, prior and informed consent of Toledo’s Maya and Garifuna peoples…[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited US Capital Energy to respond to this report. We could not contact the company to verify if they received the invitation to respond].