Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

A/HRC/RES/9/7View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/63/14

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/14	Human rights and Indigenous Peoples	4,416	—Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/13	Human rights and Indigenous Peoples	5,119	83%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/15	Human rights and Indigenous Peoples	4,956	66%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/12	Human rights and Indigenous Peoples	4,288	61%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/18	Human rights and Indigenous Peoples	3,353	62%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2012

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2012	A/HRC/21/24	Ways and means of promoting participation at the United Nations of indigenous peoples' representatives on issues affecting them report of the Secretary-General		A/HRC/RES/18/8

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Groups of Experts Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Report Preparation Right to Education Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Special Rapporteurs Treaties Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (A/HRC/9/9);

Also welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on indigenous issues (A/HRC/9/11);

Requests the expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples to identify proposals and to suggest them by consensus to the Council, for its consideration in 2009;

Also requests the expert mechanism and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to assist the Preparatory Committee by undertaking a review and submitting recommendations as contributions to the outcome of the Durban Review Conference;

Further requests the expert mechanism to prepare a study on lessons learned and challenges to achieve the implementation of the right of indigenous peoples to education and to conclude it in 2009;

Requests the expert mechanism to seek input from relevant stakeholders, including from indigenous peoples’ organizations, Member States, relevant international and regional

organizations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, for the preparation of their work;

Requests the Special Rapporteur, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the expert mechanism to continue to carry out their tasks in a coordinated manner;

Suggests that the General Assembly adjust the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations to take into account Council resolution 5/1, in particular the creation of the expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples;

Encourages those States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries of the International Labour Organization;

Decides to continue consideration of this question at a future session in conformity with its annual programme of work.

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