A/HRC/39/62 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 August 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 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 Free, prior and informed consent: a human rights-based approach Study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Summary The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples carried out the present study on a human rights-based approach to free, prior and informed consent in accordance with its mandate under Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. The study concludes with Expert Mechanism advice No. 11 on indigenous peoples and free, prior and informed consent. GE.18-13256(E) 