Article 8(j) - Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices

Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

n 2001, the Commission on Human Rights decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, as part of the system of thematic Special Procedures. The Special Rapporteur’s mandate was renewed by the Commission on Human Rights in 2004, and by the Human Rights Council in 2007. It was most recently renewed in 2019 in resolution 42/20.

Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples