A/72/186 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/12. In the report, she provides a brief summary of her activities since her previous report (A/71/229) and an assessment, informed by experiences of her mandate, on the status of implementation of the United Nations Declara tion on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 2. As part of her mandate from the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur undertakes four interrelated areas of work, na mely, country visits; thematic studies; promotion of good practices; and communications to Governments on alleged cases of human rights violations. 3. Since she submitted her last report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur has carried out two official country visits: to the United States of America in February 2017 and to Australia in March/April 2017. The reports on those visits (A/HRC/36/46/Add.1 and A/HRC/36/46/Add.2) will be submitted to the Human Rights Council in September 2017, together with a thematic report on climate change funds (A/HRC/36/46). 4. With a view to improving the effectiveness of and coordination between the existing bodies within the United Nations system with specific mandates on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Special Rapporteur participates in the annual meetings of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. III. Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples 5. The General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September 2007 (resolution 61/295). The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples was extended to incl ude the task of promoting the Declaration within weeks of its adoption in 2007. 1 6. On 22 and 23 September 2014, United Nations Member States held a high level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to pursue the objectives of the Declaration. The conclusions of the meeting, reflected in its outcome document, 2 reiterate the commitment of the United Nations system and its Member States towards achieving the ends of the Declaration. 7. In this report, the Special Rapporteur provides some views on the status of implementation of the Declaration, based on the situations observed in country __________________ 1 2 17-12399 Mandate established by the Commission on Human Rights in 2001 by its resolution 2001/57. The Human Rights Council by its resolution 6/12 extended the mandate in 2007, adding the task of promoting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and international instruments relevant to the advancement of the rights of indigenous peoples, where appropriate. Outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (General Assembly resolution 69/2). 3/23