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Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session,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 end goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,
Taking note with appreciation also of the report of the Expert Mechanism entitled
“Ten years of the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples: good practices and lessons learned — 2007-2017”,3
Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of
indigenous women, children, young people, elderly persons and persons with disabilities
and to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate violence and multiple and intersecting
forms of discrimination in this regard, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of the World Conference,
Recalling the adoption of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
(No. 169) by the International Labour Organization, and its important contribution to the
promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples,
1.
Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples, 4 and requests the High Commissioner to
continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of
indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights
bodies and mechanisms and the activities undertaken by the Office of the High
Commissioner at Headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect
for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration;
2.
Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples, including the official visits made and her reports, and encourages all Governments
to respond favourably to her requests for visits;
3.
Further welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, and the report on its tenth session, 5 and its intersessional activities,
including the intersessional meetings held in Ottawa and in Khanti-Mansi Autonomous
Okrug – Yugra, Russian Federation, in March 2017;
4.
Encourages States to participate actively in the sessions of the Expert
Mechanism and to engage in dialogue with it, including during its intersessional activities;
5.
Notes that the next study of the Expert Mechanism, to be finalized by its
eleventh session, will focus on the theme of free, prior and informed consent as reflected in
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
6.
Welcomes the proposal by the Expert Mechanism to the Human Rights
Council that further efforts be made to facilitate the participation of indigenous peoples’
representatives and institutions in the work of the Council, in particular the dialogue with
the Expert Mechanism and the Special Rapporteur and in the annual half-day discussion on
the rights of indigenous peoples, and also welcomes the encouragement of the General
Assembly to the relevant United Nations bodies, in accordance with their respective rules
of procedure, to facilitate the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions in relevant meetings on issues affecting them;
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A/HRC/36/53.
A/HRC/36/56.
A/HRC/36/22.
A/HRC/36/57.