A/HRC/57/62 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 August 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-seventh session 9 September–9 October 2024 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 Constitutions, laws, legislation, policies, judicial decisions and other mechanisms through which States have taken measures to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in accordance with article 38 of the Declaration 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. It contains an analysis of constitutions, laws, legislation, policies, judicial decisions and other mechanisms through which States have taken measures to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in accordance with article 38 of the Declaration. The study concludes with Expert Mechanism Advice No. 17 (2024) on how States should take such measures to achieve the ends of the Declaration within the context of their human rights obligations and responsibilities. * Agreement was reached to publish the present document after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.24-13517 (E)