A/HRC/18/26 Government officials. The Office has further distributed the Declaration and related United Nations documents to various stakeholders, including judges of the Constitutional Court, with the aim of increasing their knowledge about the protection of indigenous peoples. 47. In October 2010, OHCHR Colombia participated in a training programme for senior legal officers of the military and conducted a special session on the fundamental rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples. In this context, the Office addressed specific concerns with respect to military actions and the rights of indigenous peoples, with a particular focus on the use of lands, territories and natural resources, and the principle of free, prior and informed consent. Issues raised also included the risks of forced displacement due to military presence and actions, restrictions to freedom of movement and protection of indigenous peoples from illegal armed groups. 48. In the context of the Maya programme, OHCHR Guatemala concluded the first phase of the technical training programme for strategic human rights litigation for indigenous peoples’ rights, which was attended by 32 students and 24 representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations. A total of 12 technical programmes for strategic litigation (on consultation, natural resources, land, non-discrimination and cultural rights) were designed and completed by students. Training programmes have been initiated for the second group. 49. OHCHR Guatemala also organized a two-day workshop with 54 indigenous leaders from the Latin America region to exchange experiences about the protection of indigenous peoples’ collective rights in the context of exploitation of natural resources. 50. The Office in Mexico organized a regional forum on the theme, “Rights to consultation: the impact of development projects on rights to lands, territories and natural resources” on 27 and 28 May 2010, in Oaxaca de Juárez. Indigenous peoples’ organizations from the States of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas and Veracuz shared their experiences on defending their rights in the context of large-scale development projects. The Office made presentations on international standards, with a specific focus on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 51. The OHCHR Regional Office for Central America supported the National Coordination Organization, which represents seven indigenous peoples in Panama in their advocacy to seek ratification of ILO Convention No. 169 by providing capacity-building training in several provinces and indigenous territories on the content of the Convention. As a result, the Ministry of the Interior assembled a working group to study the matter; during the universal periodic review, the Government of Panama made a voluntary pledge to consider adhering to ILO Convention No. 169. 52. The Regional Office for Central America also initiated training activities to facilitate the use of human rights bodies by indigenous peoples’ and organizations. With support from OHCHR Headquarters, the Office designed a programme to strengthen the capacities of Coodinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indíginas de Panamá on the basis of a methodology designed for trainers on the international human rights framework (the Declaration, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other international human rights instruments) to enhance interaction with United Nations human rights mechanisms. The Office also worked in close coordination with the United Nations country teams in Panama and El Salvador to ensure that indigenous peoples’ concerns were taken into account during the elaboration of the Common Country Assessment and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework. 53. On 4 and 5 May 2010, the Regional Office for South America participated in an international seminar in Lima on the theme, “The duty of States to consult with indigenous peoples in Peru and Latin America”, organized by a group of indigenous peoples’ organizations, the national human rights coordinator, Oxfam and Agencia Española de 11