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Given that the United Nations relies on the cooperation of the people whom it serves and that everyone, individually and in association with others, has the right to unhindered access to and communication with the Organization, the Permanent Forum requests the Secretary-General, through the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and in consultation with other relevant United Nations mechanisms, to report on trends related to intimidation and reprisals against indigenous peoples who seek to engage with the United Nations, including by providing suggestions to prevent and address reprisals through reporting from all parts of the United Nations system and with input from indigenous peoples, to the Forum at its eighteenth session, in 2019.
Responses
OHCR: There were developments in the working methods and practices of the treaty bodies, including in the implementation of the Guidelines against Intimidation or Reprisals (the San José Guidelines, HRI/MC/2015/6) adopted at their meeting in 2015. During their thirtieth annual meeting, the Chairs of the treaty bodies encouraged rapporteurs or focal points of different committees to work together between sessions, as needed, to address cases, to make information available about reprisals on the website, and for the Secretariat to prepare a document for 2019 on the role of rapporteurs and focal points, including good practices (A/73/140).
Final Report of UNPFII Session 17 (2018)
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