A/HRC/18/42
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 August 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 5
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
Final report of the study on indigenous peoples and the right
to participate in decision-making
Report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Summary
The present study complements the progress report submitted by the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/HRC/EMRIP/2010/2) by focusing on
examples of good practices of indigenous peoples’ participation in different levels of
decision-making.
It
also
includes
Expert
Mechanism
advice
No.
2
(2011):
indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making. The present study
should be read in conjunction with the progress report.
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