DRAFT RESOLUTION AND DRAFT DECISIONS RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ADOPTION
Draft resolution
Protection of indigenous peoples in time of conflict
The Commission on Human Rights,
1. Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To ensure that the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide appointed under the Action Plan to Prevent Genocide takes into consideration the need to protect indigenous peoples and their territories;
(b) To ensure that, in situations where there are forces present under a United Nations mandate, they protect vulnerable indigenous peoples, their territories and objects indispensable to their survival;
(c) To ensure that the mandates of United Nations authorized operations include a requirement to protect indigenous populations and their territories;
2. Requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people:
(a) To liaise with the Special Adviser with regard to the protection of indigenous peoples from genocide;
(b) To develop an emergency response mechanism as part of his mandate.