E UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2006/78 16 February 2006 ENGLISH Original: SPANISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixty-second session Item 15 of the provisional agenda INDIGENOUS ISSUES Human rights and indigenous issues Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen* * This document is submitted late so as to include the most up-to-date information possible. GE.06-10867 (E) 270306 040406