A/HRC/48/54*
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 August 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-eighth session
13 September–1 October 2021
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Indigenous peoples and coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
recovery
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples,
José Francisco Calí Tzay**
Summary
In the present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/20,
the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, focuses
on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery phase and related plans, and the impact
that the pandemic has had on the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples. He
concludes with recommending greater inclusion and participation of indigenous peoples in
the recovery process, in order to address their rights and unique needs, and calls for increased
support for indigenous-led initiatives to sustain their cultures and economies in the COVID19 recovery period.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 22 December 2022.
** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.21-10818(E)