RES/9/7 Human rights and indigenous peoples

Human Rights Council

Resolution 9/7. Human rights and indigenous peoples

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and

Social Council and the General Assembly related to indigenous issues,

Recalling also Council resolutions 6/12 of 28 September 2007 and 6/36 of 14 December

2007,

Bearing in mind that the General Assembly proclaimed, in its resolution 59/174, the

Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People,

Recalling that the Assembly adopted, in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007, the

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

1. Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and

fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (A/HRC/9/9);

2. Also welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for

Human Rights on indigenous issues (A/HRC/9/11);

3. 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;

4. 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;

5. 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;

page 2 6. 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;

7. 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;

8. 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;

9. 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;

10. Decides to continue consideration of this question at a future session in conformity

with its annual programme of work.

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