A/HRC/42/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 August 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-second session
9–27 September 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Rights of indigenous peoples
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples*
Summary
The present report summarizes activities undertaken since the Special Rapporteur on
the rights of indigenous peoples submitted her previous report to the Human Rights
Council and provides a thematic study on the rights of indigenous peoples and justice. In
the report, the Special Rapporteur analyses issues related to access to justice for indigenous
peoples, whether through the ordinary justice system or through their own indigenous
justice mechanisms. She explores the interaction and harmonization between ordinary and
indigenous justice systems and the opportunities offered by legal pluralism.
The Special Rapporteur concludes with recommendations aimed at strengthening
access to justice for indigenous peoples, while upholding international human rights
standards, in both ordinary and indigenous justice systems.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.19-13223(E)