A/HRC/21/24 Forum on Minority Issues and, as mentioned above, the Expert Mechanism, all of which are associated with the Human Rights Council. Furthermore, Economic and Social Council consultative status is not required for engagement with the Human Rights Council’s special procedures, including the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. The Special Rapporteur has established formal means or mechanisms to enable indigenous peoples to communicate directly with the mandate. National human rights institutions in the Human Rights Council 52. Unique participation rules are in place for national human rights institutions in the Human Rights Council pursuant to rule 7 (b) of the Council’s rules of procedure. National human rights institutions that have been accredited by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights as a result of their compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles), the International Coordinating Committee and regional coordinating committees of national human rights institutions are entitled to participate as observers in the sessions of the Human Rights Council. 53. The Subcommittee on Accreditation of the International Coordinating Committee reviews national human rights institutions’ applications for accreditation and makes recommendations thereon. Those recommendations are then submitted for adoption to the Bureau of the International Coordinating Committee. The Subcommittee comprises representatives of an “A status” national human rights institution (one that is in full compliance with the Paris Principles) for each of the four regional groupings (Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe) and the Bureau comprises 16 individuals representing national human rights institutions, with each regional group appointing four members accredited with “A status” (see A/HRC/16/77). While the United Nations is not formally part of the accreditation process, OHCHR is a permanent observer of the Subcommittee and serves as its secretariat. 54. National human rights institutions have dedicated seating in the Human Rights Council’s main room. They may submit written submissions and make oral statements. In addition, there are other unique rules applicable to them, such as their entitlement to speak immediately after the State under review during the adoption of the outcome of a universal periodic review of that State by the Human Rights Council in plenary meeting, and immediately after the relevant State that is the subject of a country report by a special procedures mandate holder during the Council’s interactive dialogue with the latter (see General Assembly resolution 65/281). D. Participation of indigenous peoples’ organizations in United Nations system organizations 55. Some United Nations system organizations and treaty bodies have developed specific processes to enable indigenous peoples to participate in their activities. For example, indigenous organizations participate in the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The United Nations human rights treaty bodies have established procedures to enable civil society, including non-governmental organizations not accredited by the Economic and Social Council to participate. 13