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Human rights and indigenous peoples
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all relevant General Assembly, Commission on Human Rights and Human
Rights Council resolutions on human rights and indigenous peoples,
Reaffirming its support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of 13
September 2007,
Recognizing that, for the past 10 years, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples has influenced positively the drafting of several constitutions and
statutes at the national and local levels and contributed to the progressive development of
international and domestic legal frameworks and policies as it applies to indigenous peoples,
Appreciating the current efforts towards the promotion, protection and fulfilment of
the rights of indigenous peoples, recalling the commitment made by the General Assembly
at the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples to consider ways to enhance the
participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant
United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, and welcoming resolution 71/321, adopted
by the Assembly on 8 September 2017,
Recalling the adoption in September 2014 of the outcome document of the highlevel plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on
Indigenous Peoples,35
Taking note with appreciation of the study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples on the theme “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”, submitted to the
Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session,36 and encouraging all parties to consider
the examples of good practices and recommendations included in the study as practical
advice on how to attain the end goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,
Taking note with appreciation also of the report of the Expert Mechanism entitled
“Ten years of the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples: good practices and lessons learned — 2007-2017”,37
Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of
indigenous women, children, young people, elderly persons and persons with disabilities
and to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate violence and multiple and intersecting
forms of discrimination in this regard, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of the World Conference,
Recalling 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,
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Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples, 38 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;
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