A/HRC/15/37 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/12. 2. The first part of the report presents a summary of the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur pursuant to his mandate. In the second part of the report, the Special Rapporteur presents an analysis of corporate responsibility in relation to respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples, in the framework of existing international standards. The report also presents the activities and evaluations carried out by the Special Rapporteur within his areas of work (see paragraphs 10 to 25). 3. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the support provided by the staff at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. He would also like to thank the staff and researchers of the Special Rapporteur support programme at the University of Arizona for their ongoing assistance with all aspects of his work. Further, he would like to thank the many indigenous peoples, Governments, United Nations bodies and agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and others that have cooperated with him over the past year in the implementation of his mandate. The Special Rapporteur would, lastly, like to thank the NGOs Kreddha and UNESCO-Catalunya for their support in the preparation of the present report. II. Summary of activities A. Cooperation with other global and regional mechanisms and bodies 4. During the second year of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur continued his cooperation with the other United Nations system mechanisms dealing with the theme of indigenous peoples, in particular, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, pursuant to the mandate of the Human Rights Council.1 5. As part of his efforts to coordinate and cooperate with those mechanisms, in January 2010, the Special Rapporteur participated in a meeting in New York together with representatives of the Permanent Forum and the Expert Mechanism. At that meeting information was exchanged concerning the respective working agendas, and ways of channelling their different activities and making them more effective were discussed. 6. With a view to assisting the Expert Mechanism in its work, the Special Rapporteur participated, together with members of the Expert Mechanism, in a regional consultation in Thailand in January 2010, organized by the NGO Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact. At the meeting, the Special Rapporteur presented his contribution to the study that the Expert Mechanism is currently conducting on indigenous peoples’ right to participation. 7. During the past year, the Special Rapporteur has also endeavoured to coordinate efforts with other human rights bodies in the United Nations system. To that end, he participated in meetings in Trinidad and Tobago, in December 2009, convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in Thailand, in 1 GE.10-15075 Human Rights Council resolution 6/12, para. 1 (e). 3