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(c)
Refers to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues report on its tenth
session, in which the Permanent Forum welcomes the Expert Mechanism’s proposal to hold
an international expert seminar on truth and reconciliation processes;
(d)
Proposes that an international expert seminar on truth and reconciliation
processes be held in 2013 in partnership with other interested parties.
Proposal 5: Implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
within the communities and nations of indigenous peoples
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Proposes that the Human Rights Council request the Expert Mechanism to
undertake, with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, a questionnaire to seek the views of indigenous peoples regarding the
measures and strategies that they may undertake to attain the goals of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within their communities and Nations.
Proposal 6: Engagement of agencies and institutions focused on indigenous peoples
with the Expert Mechanism
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Proposes that the Human Rights Council call on specialized bodies and institutions,
established by States to focus on indigenous peoples, to actively engage with the Expert
Mechanism.
Proposal 7: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Proposes that the Human Rights Council recommend that States support the
celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.
Proposal 8: Consideration of the rights of indigenous peoples in the Human Rights
Council
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
(a)
Welcomes the decisions by the Human Rights Council to hold an interactive
dialogue after the presentation of the annual report of the Expert Mechanism to the Human
Rights Council and to hold a half-day panel on access to justice, and also proposes that the
Human Rights Council’s 2013 half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous
peoples focus on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
(b)
Also proposes that the Human Rights Council specifically review the human
rights of indigenous peoples, including in its universal periodic review, through questions
and recommendations to States directed at the implementation of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
(c)
Refers to proposal 2 (c) from its report of its fourth session (A/HRC/18/43,
p. 4) and proposes that the Human Rights Council request States, United Nations human
rights treaty bodies, special procedures and other relevant bodies and institutions to utilize
the recommendations and advice of the Expert Mechanism within their activities;
(d)
Proposes that the Human Rights Council urge States to contribute to the
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations.
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