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)