A/HRC/30/25 February 2015, OHCHR and the University of Lapland (Finland) co-organized an expert seminar on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples with respect to their cultural heritage. The main objective of the seminar was to obtain substantive input for a study conducted by the Expert Mechanism in response to a request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 27/13. The study is to be finalized at the eighth session of the Expert Mechanism, in July 2015. In March 2015, the Expert Mechanism held its first ever intersessional meeting in Winnipeg, Canada. 63. OHCHR also supported the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism, requested by the General Assembly in the outcome document of the World Conference, including facilitating consultations between indigenous peoples and States and supporting the Expert Mechanism members’ engagement in discussions in follow-up to the World Conference. B. Special procedures and treaty bodies 64. The Special Rapporteur carried out various activities in four interrelated areas: promoting good practices; country reports; cases of alleged human rights violations; and thematic studies. She also participated in the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in September 2014; the nineteenth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; as an expert witness for a case under consideration by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights concerning the Kaliña and Lokono indigenous peoples in Suriname in February 2015; an expert seminar on cultural heritage in Rovaniemi, Finland; as a panel member in a high-level panel discussion on human rights and climate change organized by the Human Rights Council; a global consultation with indigenous peoples convened by the World Bank; and a meeting with the Executive Board members, the President and senior management of the World Bank. 65. The Special Rapporteur carried out a visit to Paraguay to examine the situation of indigenous peoples. She also carried out informal working visits to Australia, Canada, Finland, Peru and the Philippines. 66. In September 2014, the Special Rapporteur submitted her first report (A/HRC/27/52) to the Human Rights Council, in which she set out the thematic priorities for her mandate and announced her intention to focus on issues related to economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of indigenous peoples. In her report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session (A/69/267), the Special Rapporteur reflected on these rights in the context of the post-2015 development framework. 67. The Special Rapporteur issued public statements relating to situations that require immediate and urgent attention by the concerned Governments. These drew attention to: (a) the new framework for disaster risk reduction, including a call for the needs of indigenous persons with disabilities to be met by effective action; (b) a new oil project threatening further harm to indigenous peoples in Peru; (c) the elusiveness of justice in many parts of the world; and (d) a call on Member States to include indigenous peoples in development efforts. The Special Rapporteur, together with other mandate holders, signed a number of letters to the States parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and raised concerns regarding planned amendments to the World Bank’s draft environmental and social safeguards framework that would likely have an adverse effect on human rights. 68. Other special procedures also took up issues related to indigenous peoples. The Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights paid a visit to Botswana, where she looked at policies in the fields of culture, language, education and tourism. She met with the San people, heard their concerns and, in relation to implications of the inclusion of the 12