Mandate review of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)

In the Outcome Document of the high-level plenary meeting of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (General Assembly Resolution 69/2, September 2014), the General Assembly invited the Human Rights Council, taking into account the views of indigenous peoples, to review the mandates of its existing mechanisms, in particular the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a view to modifying and improving the Expert Mechanism so that it can more effectively promote respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In September 2015, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 30/11, which requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene a two-day expert workshop to review the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to propose recommendations on how it can more effectively promote respect for the Declaration.

In September 2016, EMRIP’s mandate was amended by Human Rights Council resolution 33/25.

Click here to view the report of the Expert Workshop

For more information on the process click here.