A/HRC/RES/39/13
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-ninth session
10–28 September 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 28 September 2018
39/13.
Human rights and indigenous peoples
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all relevant General Assembly, Commission on Human Rights and Human
Rights Council resolutions on human rights and indigenous peoples,
Reaffirming its support to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of
13 September 2007,
Recognizing that, since its adoption, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples has positively influenced the drafting of several constitutions and
statutes at the national and local levels and contributed to the progressive development of
international and national legal frameworks and policies as it applies to indigenous peoples,
Recalling the adoption on 22 September 2014 of the outcome document of the highlevel plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on
Indigenous Peoples,1
Appreciating the current efforts towards the promotion, protection and fulfilment of
the rights of indigenous peoples, recalling the commitment made by the General Assembly
at the World Conference to consider ways to enhance the participation of indigenous
peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on
issues affecting them, and welcoming Assembly resolution 71/321 of 8 September 2017,
Acknowledging the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions in the meetings of various United Nations organs and their subsidiary bodies, in
particular the Human Rights Council and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,
Acknowledging also the study of the Expert Mechanism entitled “Free, prior and
informed consent: a human rights-based approach”,2 and encouraging all parties to consider
the examples of good practices and recommendations included in the study as practical
advice on how to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,
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General Assembly resolution 69/2.
A/HRC/39/62.
GE.18-16540(E)