A/HRC/54/52 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 August 2023 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-fourth session 11 September–6 October 2023 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 Impact of militarization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Study by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples* Summary The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has prepared the present study pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. The study concludes with Expert Mechanism Advice No. 16 (2023) on the impact of militarization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.23-14759 (E) 070823 080823