A/HRC/45/38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 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 Right to land under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a human rights focus Study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Summary The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples carried out the present study pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. The study concludes with Expert Mechanism advice No. 13 on the right to land of indigenous peoples (see annex). GE.20-09486(E) 