A/HRC/42/1 53. In its resolution 39/13, the Human Rights Council also requested the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Council an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms and the activities undertaken by OHCHR at headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration. The Council will consider the report of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/42/19) (see para. 23 above). 54. In its resolution 33/12, the Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples for a period of three years, and requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report to the Council on the implementation of the mandate in accordance with its annual programme of work. The Council will consider the report of the mandate holder, Victoria Tauli Corpuz (A/HRC/42/37 and Add.1–2). 55. Reference is made to the annual study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/HRC/42/56) (see para. 81 below). 56. Reference is also made to the report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: recognition, reparations and reconciliation (A/HRC/42/57) (see para. 82 below). Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights 57. Pursuant to its resolution 39/10, the Human Rights Council will have before it the summary report of the High Commissioner on the two-day meeting, held on 7 and 8 May 2019, to discuss good practices, gaps and challenges in the application of a human rightsbased approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in humanitarian settings (A/HRC/42/24) (see para. 28 above). Human rights of older persons 58. In its resolution 33/5, the Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons for a period of three years. The Council will consider the report of the mandate holder, Rosa KornfeldMatte (A/HRC/42/43 and Add.1–2). Interrelation of human rights and human rights thematic issues The need for an integrated approach to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for the full realization of human rights, focusing holistically on the means of implementation 59. In its resolution 37/25, the Human Rights Council invited the President of the Economic and Social Council, commencing in 2018, to brief, on an annual basis, the Council, during one of its regular sessions, on the discussions of the high-level political forum, including on gaps, challenges and progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, focusing on the means of implementation taken together as an integrated package. Accordingly, the President of the Economic and Social Council will be invited to provide the briefing to the Council. Human rights and the regulation of civilian acquisition, possession and use of firearms 60. In its resolution 38/10, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the impact of civilian acquisition, possession and use of firearms on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights with a view to contributing to a fuller understanding of that impact by States and other relevant stakeholders, and to the strengthening or developing of effective national regulation and to other possible measures taken by States, and to present the report to the Council at its forty-second session. The Council will consider the report of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/42/21) (see para. 25 above). 8

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