A/HRC/39/37 75. The OHCHR office in Honduras, in partnership with OHCHR, the National Human Rights Protection Mechanism and the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic Groups 28 held a series of workshops directed at local authorities, justice operators, public defenders and the police, aimed at preventing the misuse of the criminal justice system against indigenous peoples charged with land appropriation or other criminal offences, in the context of social protest activities to assert their ancestral land rights. 76. The OHCHR office in Mexico collaborated with UNDP and FAO to provide technical assistance in the implementation of the Agreement for the Sustainability of the Yucatán Peninsula, signed by three Governors (of the States of Quintana Roo, Yucatán and Campeche), aimed at developing policies and programmes that support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 2 on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, and of Sustainable Development Goal 15 on protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, combating desertification, halting and reversing land degradation and halting biodiversity loss. 77. During the reporting period, the Committee on the Rights of the Child referred to target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals when recommending the creation of monitoring mechanisms and particular measures to prevent violence against children belonging to indigenous communities. 29 78. The Committee also drew attention to targets 1.3 and 11.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals, recommending the adoption of strategies to “ensure that public policies in the area of housing, safe drinking water and sanitation, health and education adequately address the rights of children belonging to indigenous peoples”30 and guarantee a good standard of living. 79. When addressing the issue of unequal access to education due to gender disparities, the Committee on the Rights of the Child referred to target 4.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals on eliminating gender disparities in education and ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including indigenous peoples.31 80. The Committee was also concerned at underregistration among indigenous peoples, and encouraged the registration of children at birth, in accordance with target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration.32 The Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended the reinforcement of measures to provide quality health care, including access to health care in indigenous languages, in line with target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals on achieving universal health coverage.33 G. Data collection and data disaggregation 81. The OHCHR office in Guatemala promoted the collaboration between indigenous peoples and national census authorities to ensure that indigenous peoples actively participated in the census. 82. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Rights of the Child urged States to systematically collect and provide statistical data through all relevant ministries and departments, disaggregated by ethnic groups, including indigenous peoples, to provide an empirical basis on which to evaluate the equal enjoyment of rights under their respective Conventions. The Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed 28 29 30 31 32 33 12 Fiscalía de Etnias. See CRC/C/ECU/CO/5-6, para. 25. Ibid., para. 36. See CRC/C/PLW/CO/2, para. 51. See CRC/C/PAN/CO/5-6, para. 18. Ibid., para. 29.