A/HRC/RES/33/13
efforts to prevent and eliminate violence and discrimination against indigenous women and
girls, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and
the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known
as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,
Recalling the commitment made by the General Assembly at the World Conference
to consider ways to enable the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, and
looking forward to the outcome of the process initiated by the President of the General
Assembly and its consideration by the Assembly,
Recalling also the adoption of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
(No.169) by the International Labour Organization, and its important contribution to the
promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples,
1.
Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples, 3 and requests the High Commissioner to
continue to submit to the Human Rights 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 the Office of the High
Commissioner 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;
2.
Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples, including the official visits made and her reports, and encourages all Governments
to respond favourably to her requests for visits;
3.
Further welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, takes note with appreciation of the report on its ninth session, 4 and
encourages States to continue to participate in and contribute to its discussions, including
by their national specialized bodies and institutions;
4.
Requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study, to be finalized by its tenth
session, on good practices and challenges, including discrimination, in business and in
access to financial services by indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women and
indigenous persons with disabilities, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its
thirty-sixth session;
5.
Decides to hold, at its thirty-sixth session, its half-day panel discussion on
the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a special focus on challenges and
good practices in achieving the ends of the Declaration, and requests the Office of the High
Commissioner to make the discussions fully accessible to persons with disabilities and to
prepare a summary report on the discussion and to submit it to the Human Rights Council
prior to its thirty-eighth session;
6.
Reaffirms its decision to continue its consideration of the issue of the
elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences,
including violence against indigenous women and girls, as a matter of high priority, in
conformity with its annual programme of work;
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A/HRC/33/27.
A/HRC/33/56.
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