A/HRC/7/16 page 31 (b) Request the next Special Rapporteur on adequate housing to analyse the impact of inadequate housing on children and their human rights, and establish specific recommendations in this regard, including policy measures to mitigate the psychological impact of evictions and other violations of the right to adequate housing on children. Indigenous peoples and adequate housing 109. The Special Rapporteur urges States to: (a) Ensure the right to adequate housing for indigenous peoples, respecting their particular cultural housing and land needs; (b) Recognize the historical rights that indigenous people have over their homes and territories; (c) Assure indigenous peoples a real participatory role in and control over, to the greatest extent possible, their affairs, including management, use and ownership of their natural resources; 110. In addition, the Special Rapporteur believes that particular attention should be given by the United Nations to indigenous peoples living in rural areas, and the inadequate living and housing conditions forcing them into urban areas, as well as the housing, living conditions, evictions and discrimination that they face in urban areas. Groups requiring special attention 111. The Human Rights Council must urge States to ensure that their national housing policies guarantee the provision of housing and proper support services to address the requirements of disadvantaged groups, including persons living with psychosocial and other disabilities. 112. In addition, States should adopt specific legal provisions and programmes to eliminate barriers to physical accessibility in existing structures and make compulsory the elimination of these barriers in all new construction, as required by the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Civil society 113. Given the critical role played by civil society in all aspects of advocacy, analysis, monitoring and implementation of the right to adequate housing, the Special Rapporteur calls upon the Human Rights Council to: (a) Closely monitor the situation of human rights defenders and representatives of victims of housing and land rights violations, and take the necessary measures to ensure that claims for adequate housing and land are not criminalized;