Human Rights Council Resolution 6/36. Expert mechanism 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, and paragraph 84 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, Recalling that, at its sixty-first session, the General Assembly adopted in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007 the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Bearing in mind Human Rights Council resolution 6/16 of 28 September 2007, Recalling that the Human Rights Council should be cognizant of the work being undertaken on indigenous issues by other bodies in the United Nations system, 1. Decides, in order to assist the Human Rights Council in the implementation of its mandate, to establish a subsidiary expert mechanism to provide the Council with thematic expertise on the rights of indigenous peoples in the manner and form requested by the Council: (a) The thematic expertise will focus mainly on studies and research-based (b) The mechanism may suggest proposals to the Council for its advice; consideration and approval, within the scope of its work as set out by the Council; 2. Also decides that this mechanism shall report annually to the Council on its work; 3. Further decides that the expert mechanism shall consist of five independent experts, the selection of which shall be carried out in accordance with the