On 26 March 2008, the Human Rights Council appointed Prof. S. James Anaya, for an initial period of three years, as new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people. Prof. Anaya is James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona (United States). Prof. Anaya assumed the mandate on 1 May 2008.

Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, S. James Anaya

Information Note on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples by Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen.

Resolution Establishing United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples