A/HRC/15/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 July 2010
English
Original: Spanish
Human Rights Council
Fifteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people,
James Anaya
Summary
The present report is the third annual report submitted to the Human Rights Council
by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous people, James Anaya, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/12. In the
report, the Special Rapporteur presents a summary of the activities carried out during the
second year of his mandate, including cooperation with other international and regional
mechanisms in the field of indigenous rights, and the activities carried out in his four
principal areas of work: promoting good practices; thematic studies; country reports; and
communications relating to alleged human rights violations.
The Special Rapporteur devotes the second half of the report to an analysis of
corporate responsibility with respect to indigenous rights, in the framework of the
international community’s expectations in that regard.
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