A/HRC/48/75
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 August 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-eighth session
13 September–1 October 2021
Agenda items 3 and 5
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
Efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples: indigenous peoples and the right to selfdetermination
Report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples*
Summary
In the present report, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
examines good practices and lessons learned regarding efforts to achieve the ends of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, focusing on selfdetermination initiatives undertaken by indigenous peoples and States since the adoption of
the Declaration in 2007.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.21-10713(E)