A/HRC/18/26 focused on the rescue and rehabilitation of Kamalari children, district and regional advocacy networks have been established. 2. Technical cooperation and capacity-building activities 29. The Office supported Governments on indigenous issues by means of a range of technical cooperation activities. OHCHR in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) continued to support actions aimed at changing patterns of discrimination and exclusion of indigenous peoples. Several of these actions were part of legislative and institutional developments concerning the implementation of constitutional provisions. The Office provided various round tables that drafted the bill against racism and all forms of discrimination with technical support, including legal analysis. Together with support from Headquarters, OHCHR provided support through a workshop to the Vice Ministry of Decolonization, which is responsible for addressing racism and racial discrimination through a plan of action. 30. OHCHR also provided the Vice Ministry of Indigenous Justice with support for the process of consultation on a bill on jurisdictional boundaries. This was done through dissemination of information on the bill, organizing a series of workshops and training sessions on indigenous peoples’ rights, with a focus on consultation within the framework of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, monitoring the consultations as such, and participating in the round-table discussions that incorporated inputs collected during the consultation process into the draft bill. During the consultation, representatives of indigenous peoples expressed their support for the draft bill; however, the final text of the bill, as adopted on 29 December 2010, contains a number of amendments that do not reflect the comments made by indigenous peoples during the consultation process. While the Constitution of Bolivia (Plurinational State of) provides for the right to consultation with indigenous peoples, and Law 3760 of 2007 incorporates the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a national law, to date, internal legislation to regulate consultation has only been adopted for the exploitation of hydrocarbons. 31. In Colombia, the Office provides ongoing support for the implementation of a plan to protect the Awa indigenous people, as ordered by the Constitutional Court of Colombia in 2009. Support efforts includes hosting and working with a national consultant financed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to help implement the plan. Together with UNDP and the Office of the Resident Coordinator, OHCHR Colombia provided technical advice to support the creation of a high-level commission to make public policy recommendations for the protection of indigenous peoples. 32. OHCHR Colombia provided Government officials and members of parliament with technical advice during the discussion of a draft law for victims of the internal armed conflict and land restitution. The draft law includes the duty of the State to consult with ethnic groups with a view to obtain their consent. The Office also launched an initiative aimed at carrying out broad national participatory processes with ethnic communities to discuss their visions, aspirations, concerns, comments and experiences on the principle of free, prior and informed consultation and consent, with the potential of it becoming a legally binding instrument. In July 2010, the first phase of the project was carried out with expert assistance from the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. 33. OHCHR Guatemala carried out workshops on the duty to consult with Government officials, indigenous authorities, civil society organizations, journalists and the private sector to contribute to the understanding of this duty in compliance with international standards. The Office also participated in meetings with a governmental commission in charge of drafting a regulation on the duty of States to consult. The Office highlighted the 8

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