A/72/53/Add.1 36/14. 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, 1. 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; 35 36 37 38 GE.17-18194 General Assembly resolution 69/2. A/HRC/36/53. A/HRC/36/56. A/HRC/36/22. 37

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