A/HRC/32/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 May 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-second session Agenda items 2 and 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Expert workshop to review the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In its resolution 30/11, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to convene a two-day expert workshop open to the participation of States, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders to review the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to propose recommendations on how it can more effectively promote respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by better assisting Member States to monitor, evaluate and improve the achievement of the ends of the Declaration. The Council also requested OHCHR to prepare a report on the workshop, including the proposals made, to be submitted to the Council at its thirty-second session. In pursuance of that resolution, OHCHR organized a two-day workshop, held in Geneva on 4 and 5 April 2016. Participants included States, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders. The present report contains a summary of the discussions held and the proposals made at the workshop. GE.16-07547(E) 