A/HRC/15/36 I. Introduction 1. Human Rights Council resolution 6/36 of 14 December 2007 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 in the manner and form requested by the Council. The resolution states that the thematic expertise will focus mainly on studies and research-based advice, and that the mechanism may suggest proposals to the Council for its consideration and approval, within the scope of its work, as set out by the Council. II. Adoption of the progress report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, and adoption of proposals. 2. The Expert Mechanism adopted the progress report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making and also adopted the proposals set out below. A. Adoption of the progress report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making 3. 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 study to the eighteenth session; (b) Adopts the progress report on the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, as contained in A/HRC/EMRIP/2010/2; (c) Authorizes the Chairperson-Rapporteur, in consultation with the other members of the Expert Mechanism, to make the necessary revisions to the progress report in the light of discussions carried out at its third session, and to submit the progress report to the fifteenth session of the Human Rights Council. B. Proposals to the Human Rights Council Proposal 1. Human rights institutions and mechanisms 4. The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (a) Refers to proposal 2 from its second session on human rights institutions and mechanisms, as contained in the report of the Expert Mechanism on its second session (A/HRC/12/32); (b) Reiterates the important role of national human rights institutions and regional human rights mechanisms in protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous peoples and in implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 3