Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

A/HRC/39/17 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Contents Page 2 I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 3 III. Attacks against and criminalization of indigenous peoples defending their rights........................ 3 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3 B. Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 4 IV. Normative framework ................................................................................................................... 4 V. Root causes and drivers behind attacks and criminalization ......................................................... 7 VI. A global crisis unfolding ............................................................................................................... 9 VII. Individual and collective impacts .................................................................................................. 15 VIII. Prevention and protection measures .............................................................................................. 16 IX. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 18 B. Recommendations................................................................................................................. 18