A/HRC/18/26 finalized and submitted for adoption by the Expert Mechanism, together with advice No. 2, at its Fourth Session in July 2011.2 B. 1. Special procedures and treaty bodies Special procedures 58. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples carried out visits to several countries, including New Zealand, Guatemala, Congo, New Caledonia (France), Suriname and Costa Rica. As an example, OHCHR Guatemala supported the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples which focused on the duty to consult. The visit generated a wide discussion on the subject of consultation within the country, increased awareness in the private sector and prompted an initiative by the Government to regulate this right. Further details on the activities of the Special Rapporteur will be presented in his report to the Human Rights Council at its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/35). 59. The Special Rapporteur also continued to contribute to the work of the Permanent Forum and the Expert Mechanism through meetings and dialogue. He held separate meetings with indigenous representatives to receive communications during the annual sessions of both the Permanent Forum and the Expert Mechanism. 60. During the reporting period, other special procedures mandate holders also looked into the situation of indigenous peoples within their respective mandates. Thematic mandate holders addressed the issue in various forms, such as in the recent report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (A/HRC/17/26) to the Human Rights Council, with a focus on multiple forms of discrimination, including against indigenous women. In his report submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session (A/65/281), the Special Rapporteur on the right to food explored threats posed by increasing pressures on land, paying particular attention to indigenous peoples. In the report, the Special Rapporteur explored how States and the international community could better respect, protect and fulfil the right to food by giving increased recognition to land as a human right. 61. Some thematic mandate holders also addressed indigenous rights during their country visits. On the basis of her mission to Brazil in November 2010, the independent expert in the field of cultural rights examined, inter alia, the cultural rights of indigenous peoples (A/HRC/17/38/Add.1). The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism highlighted the fact that atrocities committed during the internal armed conflict in Peru affected indigenous communities and peasants and the lack of an inclusive policy with regard to indigenous peoples (A/HRC/16/51/Add.3). The Special Rapporteur also highlighted the importance of the collective reparations programme in Peru, which is an important means of addressing the distinct needs of indigenous peoples affected by the internal armed conflict. In her end of mission statement on 21 January 2011 in India, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders expressed concern for those working for, inter alia, the rights of Adivasis (tribal peoples). 2. Treaty bodies (a) 2 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination A/HRC/EMRIP/2011/2. 13