A/HRC/27/30 discrimination against indigenous peoples prevents them from fully enjoying, in particular, access to the labour market, adequate housing, education, health-care services and other social services. 84. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities addressed the issues of indigenous peoples in its concluding observations on Australia, El Salvador and Paraguay, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child issued conclusions and recommendations concerning indigenous peoples in Paraguay, Republic of Congo, the Russian Federation and Rwanda. The Committee against Torture expressed concern about the situation of indigenous peoples in its concluding observations on Guatemala. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern about issues relating to indigenous women in its concluding observations on Cameroon, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Finland. D. Universal Periodic Review 85. Indigenous peoples’ issues were frequently raised in the context of the UPR in many national reports, compilations of United Nations information and summaries of stakeholders’ information as well as in the recommendations made by States in the sessions held during the reporting period. For example, at the sixteenth session of the UPR Working Group from 22 April to 3 May 2013, recommendations with reference to indigenous peoples were made in respect of Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia and the Russian Federation; during the seventeenth session from 21 October to 1 November 2013, recommendations with reference to indigenous peoples were made in the context of the reviews of the Belize, Central Africa Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Republic of Congo; and at the eighteenth session from 27 January to 7 February 2014, recommendations with reference to indigenous peoples were made in respect of Cambodia, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay. IV. Conclusion 86. The rights of indigenous peoples remain a priority for OHCHR and, in addressing this priority, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has provided a key reference and framework for action, from the establishment of the fellowship programme and other capacity-building initiatives to the provision of technical assistance and advice for enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples in decisionmaking at both the international and national levels. 87. The Office also provided support to the wide-ranging work of the special procedures mandates devoted to indigenous peoples, notably the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Furthermore, through the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, the Office supported efforts to enhance the visibility of indigenous peoples’ rights in the human rights mechanisms. 88. The forthcoming Word Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the preparation of the post-2015 development agenda require further strong engagement by OHCHR and other stakeholders involved in the protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples. Effective participation of indigenous peoples in these processes is crucial to ensuring that they yield concrete results and help to address the most urgent human rights challenges that indigenous peoples in all regions continue to face. 17