RES/30/11 Review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Human Rights Council Thirtieth session

Agenda item 5

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 October 2015

30/11. Review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Human Rights Council,

Reaffirming its support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of

Indigenous Peoples,

Recalling all Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council resolutions

on human rights and indigenous peoples, in particular Council resolution 6/36 of 14

December 2007, in which the Council decided to establish the Expert Mechanism on the

Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of the outcome document of the

high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on

Indigenous Peoples in its resolution 69/2 of 22 September 2014, and the report of the

Secretary-General on the progress made in its implementation,A/70/84-E/2015/76.

Bearing in mind that, in paragraph 28 of the outcome document of the World

Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Human Rights Council was invited, taking into

account the views of indigenous peoples, to review the mandates of its existing

mechanisms, in particular the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

during the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, with a view to modifying and

improving the Expert Mechanism so that it could more effectively promote respect for the

Declaration, including by better assisting Member States to monitor, evaluate and improve

the achievement of the ends of the Declaration,

1. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights to convene a two-day expert workshop open to the participation of States,

indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including by inviting the submission of written

contributions, no later than the first four months of 2016, 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 Declaration, including by better

assisting Member States to monitor, evaluate and improve the achievement of the ends of

the Declaration, as outlined in paragraph 28 of the outcome document of the World

Conference on Indigenous People, and invites indigenous peoples to participate fully and

effectively in this process;

2. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the

workshop, including the recommendations made, to be submitted to the Human Rights

Council prior to its thirty-second session, and invites States, indigenous peoples and all

other stakeholders to discuss the report at the ninth session of the Expert Mechanism, and

also invites States to consider the report and to discuss any possible intergovernmental

follow-up action;

3. Invites States to consider, as appropriate, the possibility of holding

consultations with indigenous peoples at the national level during this process;

4. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter at its thirty-third session

and in accordance with its annual programme of work.

41st meeting

1 October 2015

[Adopted without a vote.]