United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/RES/30/4
Distr.: General
12 October 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 October 2015
30/4.
Human rights and indigenous peoples
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council resolutions
on human rights and indigenous peoples,
Recalling also the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September
2007,
Welcoming the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for
Indigenous Peoples in 2015, and acknowledging the decades of its substantive work to
facilitate the direct and meaningful participation of indigenous peoples within the United
Nations, the Human Rights Council and the human rights treaty bodies, also in the light of
this important anniversary,
Recognizing the importance to indigenous peoples of revitalizing, using, developing
and transmitting their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems
and literatures to future generations, and designating and retaining their own names for
communities, places and persons,
Welcoming the study by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples with respect to their
cultural heritage, including through their participation in political and public life, submitted
to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session,1 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,
Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of
indigenous women, children, youth, elders and persons with disabilities, as set out in the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
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A/HRC/30/53.
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