A/HRC/33/57 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 August 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-third session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Right to health and indigenous peoples with a focus on children and youth Study by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Summary In its resolution 30/4, the Human Rights Council requested the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to prepare a study on the right to health and indigenous peoples with a focus on children and youth and to present it to the Council at its thirty-third session. The present study consists of a critical analysis of the content of the right to health vis-à-vis indigenous peoples and a review of the legal obligations of States and others in terms of fulfilling that right. Expert Mechanism advice No. 9 on the right to health and indigenous peoples is contained in the annex. GE.16-13843(E) 