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view to completing a final summary of responses for presentation to the Human Rights
Council at its thirtieth session;
(b)
Adopts the updated report summarizing the responses to the questionnaire
seeking the views of States and indigenous peoples on best practices regarding possible
appropriate measures and implementation strategies to attain the goals of the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/HRC/EMRIP/2015/CRP.1);
(c)
Authorizes the Chair-Rapporteur, in consultation with the other members of
the Expert Mechanism, to make the necessary revisions to the report in the light of
discussions carried out at its eighth session and to submit the report to the Human Rights
Council at its thirtieth session.
C.
Proposals
Proposal 1: Theme of the Expert Mechanism’s next study
5.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples proposes to the Human
Rights Council that it authorize the Expert Mechanism to undertake a study on one of the
following themes:
(a)
Discrimination facing indigenous peoples in business and access to financial
services, with specific reference to indigenous women entrepreneurs;
(b)
The right of indigenous peoples to health, with a focus on children and youth;
(c)
The role of indigenous peoples’ organizations and civil society, including
human rights defenders, in the promotion and protection on the rights of indigenous
peoples.
Proposal 2: Half-day panel discussion at the thirty-third session of the Human Rights
Council
6.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples proposes to the Human
Rights Council that it organize at its thirty-third session a half-day panel discussion on
violence against indigenous women and girls, bearing in mind the importance attached to
that theme in the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General
Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (see General Assembly
resolution 69/2, paras. 18 and 19).
Proposal 3: Follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
7.
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
(a)
Proposes to the Human Rights Council that it include the Expert Mechanism
in and take into consideration its views during the review of the mandate of the Expert
Mechanism, taking into account the views of indigenous peoples, as indicated in paragraph
28 of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
(b)
Urges the Human Rights Council to take measures to ensure that the Expert
Mechanism is provided with additional human and financial resources commensurate with
its new mandate, including for intersessional activities;
(c)
Proposes to the Human Rights Council that it urge Member States to
cooperate with indigenous peoples to develop and implement national action plans,
strategies or other measures, where relevant, to achieve the ends of the Declaration, as
indicated in paragraph 7 of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples;
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