A/HRC/27/30 perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples, including pursuit of the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. OHCHR Paraguay organized several activities in the context of the World Conference, including sessions with indigenous leaders, both men and women, of 26 indigenous peoples’ organizations, and a meeting with leaders of indigenous peoples’ organizations, during which proposals on prior consultation and the formulation of public policies were discussed. 66. In 2013, OHCHR Guatemala facilitated workshops aimed at assessing the level of implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The workshops focused in particular on indigenous peoples’ participation, consultation, land and territories, spirituality and access to justice. The workshops served to enhance knowledge of international human rights standards and the capacity of indigenous communities to monitor compliance with indigenous peoples’ rights. In March 2014, the Government of Guatemala published an action plan and methodology with a view to preparing the State for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The action plan proposes the use of the evaluation report on the implementation of the Declaration as an input document for the working sessions. 67. The Regional Office for South America delivered a one-day training session on indigenous peoples’ rights to indigenous peoples’ representatives, as part of the inter-agency project on indigenous peoples’ rights. The office gave a presentation on the World Conference, which was followed by a discussion by the indigenous representatives on the main human rights issues they faced in their region. III. Human rights bodies and mechanisms A. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 68. The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held its sixth session in July 2013, during which it discussed the preparations for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and held an interactive dialogue with a representative from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. The Expert Mechanism also finalized and adopted the report of its study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, to which its advice No. 5 on the same topic is annexed. The study, together with a number of proposals made by the Expert Mechanism, was presented to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session in September 2013. 69. During the reporting period, the Expert Mechanism undertook a number of intersessional activities, including participation in preparatory meetings for the World Conference and the twelfth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Expert Mechanism also briefed a number of the human rights treaty bodies on its work, and especially its studies, relating to the rights of indigenous peoples. 70. Throughout the year, OHCHR provided support to the members of the Expert Mechanism in their engagement in activities relating to their work, including participation in the Forum on Business and Human Rights, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Expert Group meeting on sexual health and reproductive rights, the International Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and preparatory meetings relating to the organization of the World Conference. Through those interventions, the Expert Mechanism contributed to enhancing the visibility of indigenous peoples’ rights, in particular their right to participate in decision-making. 14