A/HRC/18/43 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 6/36, the Human Rights Council established the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a subsidiary expert mechanism to assist the Council in the implementation of its mandate by providing it with thematic expertise on the rights of indigenous peoples, as requested by the Council. In the resolution, the Council established that the thematic expertise would focus mainly on studies and research-based advice, and that the Mechanism may suggest proposals to the Council for its consideration and approval. II. Adoption of the final report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making and of proposals 2. The Expert Mechanism adopted the final report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making and the proposals set out below. A. Adoption of the final report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: (a) Refers to paragraph 6 of Human Rights Council resolution 12/13, in which the Council requested the Expert Mechanism, in accordance with its mandate, to carry out a study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, and to present a progress report to the Council at its fifteenth session, and a final report at its eighteenth session; (b) Adopts the final report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making;1 (c) Authorizes the Chairperson-Rapporteur, in consultation with the other members of the Expert Mechanism, to make the necessary revisions to the final report in the light of discussions carried out at its fourth session and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its eighteenth session. B. Proposals Proposal 1: Indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making in relation to extractive industries The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: (a) Refers to paragraph 3 of Human Rights Council resolution 9/7, in which the Council requested the Expert Mechanism to identify proposals and to suggest them by consensus to the Council; (b) Proposes that the Human Rights Council request the Expert Mechanism to continue its work on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, with a focus on extractive industries, in cooperation with the thematic work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, and to communicate and to share knowledge and good 1 A/HRC/EMRIP/2011/2. 3