A/HRC/33/27 substantive information for the Expert Mechanism’s study on the right to health and indigenous peoples. C. Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples 49. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples carried out various activities in four interrelated areas: the promotion of good practices; country reports; cases of alleged human rights violations; and thematic studies. Within each area, the Special Rapporteur built upon the established working methods generally employed by the special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to address cases of alleged human rights violations through the communications procedure. 50. With respect to the promotion of good practices, the Special Rapporteur continued to provide technical assistance to Governments in their efforts to develop laws and policies that relate to indigenous peoples. She participated in a meeting organized by the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa, established by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, on follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Special Rapporteur also delivered the keynote speech at the first session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, which is mandated with elaborating an international legally binding instrument, and took part in a two-day symposium, held at the University of Ottawa, with indigenous women leaders and their allies on the murders and disappearances of indigenous women and girls and to discuss a possible framework and structure for a national inquiry. 51. In February 2016, the Special Rapporteur participated in an international seminar on indigenous jurisdiction and access to justice in Bogota, where she encouraged dialogue and cooperation between indigenous peoples and State authorities on the issue of the administration of justice. In the same month, she participated in a seminar on experiences in the litigation of cases of violence against women and women’s access to justice in Central America, specifically in Guatemala, where she spoke of strengthening indigenous women’s access to justice and protecting them against violence. In April 2016, the Special Rapporteur participated in an international seminar on the impact of investments agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples with a view to collecting inputs for her next report to the Human Rights Council on bilateral and free trade agreements. 52. The work of the Special Rapporteur on country reports involves investigating and reporting on the overall human rights situation of indigenous peoples in certain countries. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur carried out a follow-up visit to examine the situation of Sami indigenous people in Finland, Norway and Sweden (August 2015). In her end-of-mission statement, she expressed concern at the land rights situation of the Sami people given the increased drive to extract and develop minerals and set up renewable energy projects in the Sápmi region. In November 2015, the Special Rapporteur visited Honduras, where she noted that indigenous peoples lacked full recognition and protection and did not enjoy their rights to their ancestral lands, territories and natural resources. In addition, their governance systems were not being strengthened, their institutions were not recognized, they were not allowed to manage their natural resources or make use of their customary justice systems. 53. In March 2016, the Special Rapporteur carried out a follow-up visit to Brazil. In her end-of-mission debrief, the Special Rapporteur noted the lack of progress since the mission of the previous Special Rapporteur in 2008. She noted with particular concern that attacks and killings frequently constituted reprisals in contexts where indigenous peoples 10