A/HRC/36/53 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 August 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty- sixth session 11-29 September 2017 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 Good practices and challenges, including discrimination, in business and in access to financial services by indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women and indigenous persons with disabilities Study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Summary The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has carried out the present study pursuant to the request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 33/13. In the study, the Expert Mechanism proposes a human rights-based understanding of indigenous peoples’ businesses and access to financial services and identifies encouraging practices and challenges in that area. Expert Mechanism advice No. 10 on indigenous peoples’ businesses and access to financial services is contained in the annex. GE.17-13466(E) 