A/HRC/RES/15/14
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 October 2010
Original: English
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
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
15/14
Human rights and indigenous peoples: mandate of the
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
The Human Rights Council,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Recalling resolution 5/1 entitled “Institution-building of the United Nations Human
Rights Council” and resolution 5/2 entitled “Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council”, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the
mandate holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with these resolutions and the
annexes thereto,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/57 of 24 April 2001,
2002/65 of 25 April 2002, 2003/56 of 24 April 2003, 2004/62 of 21 April 2004 and
2005/51 of 20 April 2005 entitled “Human rights and indigenous issues”, and Council
resolution 6/12 of 28 September 2007 entitled “Human rights and indigenous peoples:
mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental
freedoms of indigenous people”,
Recalling further the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, which addresses the rights of indigenous peoples,
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GE.10-16670
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its fifteenth session (A/HRC/15/60), chap. I.