UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/33 31 August 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 5 HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS STUDY ON LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO EDUCATION Report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples* Summary In its resolution 9/7, the Human Rights Council requested the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study on lessons learned and challenges to achieve the implementation of the right of indigenous peoples to education and to conclude by 2009. The study encompasses (a) a human rights-based analysis of the scope and content of the right to education; (b) indigenous education systems and institutions; (c) lessons learned; (d) challenges and measures to achieve the implementation of the right of indigenous peoples to education; and (e) Expert Mechanism advice No. 1 on the right of indigenous peoples to education. * Late submission. GE.09-15181 (E) 150909