A/HRC/27/30 52. In February 2014, in its role as secretariat of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and in cooperation with the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, OHCHR organized an expert seminar, in Auckland, on restorative justice, indigenous juridical systems and access to justice for indigenous women, children and youth and persons with disabilities. The main objective of the seminar was to obtain additional substantive input to the Expert Mechanism’s study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, to be discussed at the seventh session of the Expert Mechanism in July 2014. Further to a request from the Human Rights Council, the Expert Mechanism also prepared a study on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in disaster risk reduction initiatives, also to be discussed at its seventh session. 5. National human rights institutions 53. The work of the Office with national human rights institutions (NHRIs) was also instrumental in promoting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. For instance, OHCHR Colombia provided technical support to the human rights commission in drafting a national proposal for the protection of the human rights of Black, Afro-Colombian, Palenquero and Raizal communities, in accordance with international standards. The proposed guidelines were presented in the plenary session of the Congress and incorporated into its final conclusions. 54. During the reporting period, the Regional Office for Central America, in collaboration with the NHRI (Defensoria del Pueblo) in Panama, drafted a protocol to address cases of racial discrimination against indigenous peoples and afro-descendants. In 2014, the Regional Office will conduct a survey to evaluate the progress made by the NHRIs in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama in strengthening their interventions in cases of discrimination against indigenous peoples and afro-descendants. 55. In response to the request from the NHRI in Panama, OHCHR is developing a protocol to address violations of indigenous peoples’ rights. The protocol will provide the officers of the NHRI with an enhanced understanding of indigenous peoples’ rights and enable them to identify violations and apply the relevant international standards. In November 2013, the Regional Office in Eastern Africa organized a training session in Kampala, Uganda, on strengthening the protection mandate of NHRIs, including in relation to indigenous peoples. Representatives of the NHRIs in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan,, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania participated in the training. 6. Post-2015 development agenda 56. OHCHR engagement has been instrumental in ensuring the high visibility of human rights in the discussions on the post-2015 agenda. The Office advocates that marginalized, disempowered and excluded groups, previously locked out of development, including women, minorities, indigenous peoples, migrants, older persons, disabled persons and the poor, must have a place in the new agenda. 57. In 2013, OHCHR published the report Who will be accountable? Human Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in which the importance and impact of advocacy on human rights, including on equality and non-discrimination, is emphasized. OHCHR’s current focus is on ensuring that human rights, including the standards of equality and non-discrimination, underpin the new agenda, which will require additional targets and indicators to better reflect indigenous peoples’ perspectives on development. 58. OHCHR contributed to the national consultations on the post-2015 development agenda. Since Guatemala was selected as a pilot country for national consultations on the post2015 development agenda, OHCHR Guatemala and the United Nations country team worked to ensure that indigenous peoples were included in the consultations and that the resulting 12