A/HRC/10/24 page 17 the Special Rapporteur on education actively participated in the 2006 OHCHR expert seminars on the right to education of persons with disabilities; in 2007, the Special Rapporteur on torture took part in the expert seminar on freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment and persons with disabilities. Subsequently, both Special Rapporteurs had devoted special attention to the rights of persons with disabilities within their mandates, including in the drafting of thematic reports and in their fact-finding missions. Mandate-holders welcomed the briefing by the Secretariat and underlined the need for close cooperation and coordination. C. Follow-up to the study on violence against children 63. The Secretariat briefed participants on the follow-up to the study on violence against children. General Assembly resolution 62/141, in which the Assembly established the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, specifically provides that United Nations mechanisms should cooperate with the Special Representative and provide information, where appropriate, on the measures adopted to ensure and respect the rights of children to be protected from violence. The Assembly also requested human rights mechanisms to consider how to use their respective mandates most effectively to contribute to the elimination of violence against children. It was stressed that, while violence against children was an obvious subject of concern for some thematic mandates, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, all mandate-holders had a role to play in addressing its different manifestations, causes and consequences. 64. The Secretariat presented a number of concrete suggestions to help strengthen special procedures’ work in this area, including devoting thematic reports to specific manifestations of violence against children or to violence in specific contexts/circumstances or against specific groups and drafting specific recommendations in the reports concerning children. It was also suggested that meetings be scheduled with children rights non-governmental organizations during mandate-holder missions and consultations organized with children and young people during them. More regular exchanges and interaction with the Committee on the Rights of the Child could also be facilitated as an important means to promote greater attention to children’s rights and violence against children under specific mandates. 65. Mandate-holders shared their experience with regard to their work on violence against children. Areas of concern included social exploitation against children, child violence and national criminal system, places where children are deprived of liberty, violence against children in connection to arbitrary detention, education and adoption. Mandate-holders supported the need to strengthen their engagement and contribution to address violence against children. D. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 66. The Secretariat briefed participants on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007. The Declaration constitutes a landmark for indigenous people. The Declaration affirms the basic rights of indigenous peoples in a number of areas of special concern for these peoples, whose right to self-determination it recognizes. The Declaration includes references to the right to equality and non-discrimination; the right to cultural integrity;