A/HRC/33/27 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 30/4 on human rights and indigenous peoples, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to submit to it an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms. It also requested the High Commissioner to report on activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 2. Rather than providing an exhaustive overview of the work of OHCHR on the rights of indigenous peoples, the present report focuses on some illustrative examples of OHCHR activities and initiatives undertaken at headquarters and by field offices that contribute to the full realization of the rights of indigenous peoples. It also outlines recent developments in terms of the work done by United Nations human rights mechanisms on indigenous peoples. II. Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 3. During the period under review, OHCHR continued to work in a wide range of contexts for the promotion and full application of the Declaration. The High Commissioner continued to advocate respect for the rights of indigenous peoples, and indigenous issues figure prominently in the OHCHR Management Plan 2014-2017,1 including in connection with the key thematic priorities of enhancing equality and combating discrimination. 4. OHCHR remains committed to supporting the work of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues and has been engaged, in particular, in the InterAgency’s work to support the development of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples — a key recommendation of the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The action plan2 was launched at the fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, held from 9 to 20 May 2016, to ensure a coherent United Nations system-wide approach to achieving the ends of Declaration. 5. At the same time, lack of implementation and enforcement continue to hamper the full realization of the rights of indigenous peoples. Shrinking democratic spaces and a development agenda pushed through without consideration for indigenous peoples’ right to consultation have often been a source of conflict during the reporting period. Systematic discrimination, lack of indigenous peoples’ participation in decision-making, in particular in the context of large-scale projects, extractive industries and legislative processes, the lack of land demarcation and titling, challenges to indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation or in initial contact and increasing violence against indigenous human rights defenders are among the challenges faced by indigenous peoples worldwide. 1 2 2 Available from www2.ohchr.org/english/OHCHRreport2014_2017/OMP_Web_version/media /pdf/0_THE_WHOLE_REPORT.pdf. Available from www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/2016/Docsupdates/SWAP_Indigenous_Peoples_WEB.pdf.