A/HRC/6/15 page 2 Summary This report is submitted in accordance with resolution 6/12 of the Human Rights Council and summarizes the main activities that the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people has undertaken since submitting his second report to the Human Rights Council. During that period the Special Rapporteur continued to transmit information to Governments regarding alleged violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples (see annex 1). The Special Rapporteur also undertook an official mission to Bolivia. A preliminary note on the visit is annexed to this report (see annex 2). Lastly, the Special Rapporteur lays before the Council some general considerations on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples in Asia, a region to which he has given special attention this year (see annex 3). The Special Rapporteur’s thematic analysis in his third periodic report to the Council focuses on the implications of the human rights-based approach to development. Indigenous peoples are identified, according to this approach, as human rights holders and the realization of their rights is posited as the main objective of development. The recently adopted United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a clear normative framework for development policies and actions on behalf of indigenous peoples based on self-determination; free, prior and informed consent; effective participation, autonomy and self-management; territorial control and non-discrimination.