A/HRC/36/22 79. During its ninth session, in July 2016, the Expert Mechanism held a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous persons with disabilities, a discussion on follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism, and a discussion on best practices and strategies for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Expert Mechanism finalized and adopted a study on the right to health and indigenous peoples, with a focus on children and youth (A/HRC/33/57). The study was submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session, in September 2016. 80. On 7 and 8 July 2016, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples co-hosted a twoday expert group meeting in Geneva on indigenous persons with disabilities. The experts highlighted that indigenous persons with disabilities face exclusion, marginalization and multiple layers of discrimination on the basis of their disability, sex and ethnic origin. Following the meeting, for the first time ever, the situation of indigenous persons with disabilities was discussed as a priority human rights issue at the ninth session of the Expert Mechanism. 81. During the thirty-third session of the Human Rights Council, OHCHR organized an annual half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples with a focus on the causes and consequences of violence against indigenous women and girls, including those with disabilities. The panel examined structural, systemic, public forms of violence experienced by indigenous women and girls in contemporary society, including lack of access to justice for such violence and assessed the development of legal and policy responses to violence against indigenous women. The panel was moderated by the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The panellists included the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the President of the Sami Parliament of Norway and other experts from Australia, Mexico and the Philippines. 82. The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences visited Australia in February 2017. In her end of mission statement, 5 the Special Rapporteur highlighted issues related to violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and girls, institutionalized violence against indigenous and other women in prison and overrepresentation of indigenous women in prison. G. Development of national action plans 83. One of the most important elements of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples is the call for the preparation of detailed, well-resourced national action plans to translate the standards of the Declaration into concrete measures. Building on the extensive experience of OHCHR in supporting national plans, including plans for human rights and for combating racism, OHCHR is developing a human rightsbased guidance for action plans, in cooperation with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and in close consultation with indigenous peoples and other partners. 84. During the period under review, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Plurinational State of Bolivia provided technical assistance to the Foreign Ministry for the development of an indigenous peoples’ national action plan for the period 2017-2020, which has been incorporated into the sectorial plans of the executive body. The process of developing a national plan was participatory and included several indigenous peoples’ organizations. 5 Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21243&LangID=E. 13