A/HRC/42/55 Committee, Ilze Brands Kehris, and member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Gladys Acosta Vargas. 70. The panellists referred to the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from different perspectives. The Special Rapporteur, for example, mentioned the interrelatedness of the questions of recognition, remedy and reconciliation; indigenous justice systems; and the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination. She indicated that access to justice was a key element for reparation, while the realization of the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples depended on adequate recognition of indigenous peoples as the subject of collective and individual rights, which in turn was the only way to achieve redress and full reconciliation. 71. The Chair of the Permanent Forum noted the efforts made by the Forum to promote the implementation of the Declaration by producing reports related to the rights of indigenous peoples. She informed the participants that during the nineteenth session of the Forum in 2020, three reports would be presented: one on best practices in the protection of the lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples; a second entitled “Indigenous peoples autonomies: experiences and perspectives”; 4 and a third on the development of standards and redress mechanisms for protecting the rights of indigenous peoples in conservation measures. She also mentioned that the secretariat of the Forum was working on projects to support Member States in developing national action plans at both national and local levels to recognize and implement the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with the Declaration. 72. Ms. Acosta Vargas introduced the work done by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination on the implementation of the Declaration. She particularly stressed the importance of the conceptual note that the Committee had adopted on the rights of indigenous women for the purpose of developing a general recommendation on the rights of indigenous women and announced that informal consultations with different organizations had been held in that regard, and that the formal launch of the process would commence soon. Ms. Brands Kehris updated the participants on the work of the Human Rights Committee relating to the Declaration, including its new general comment No. 36 (2018) on the right to life and its importance for indigenous peoples, and on the decisions taken under its individual complaints procedure relating to the right to political participation. She also indicated seven States about which the Committee had expressed concerns in its concluding observations on indigenous rights, including with respect to free, prior and informed consent. All panellists noted the importance of the Declaration as a standard-setting document and the importance of using it in their work to apply treaties in the context of indigenous peoples. 73. Under Item 8, the Expert Mechanism also held a private meeting on free, prior and informed consent with members of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Committee. XII. Future work of the Expert Mechanism, including focus of future thematic studies 74. Member of the Expert Mechanism Mr. Lounes led the discussion on agenda item 9, during which participants suggested different thematic studies the Expert Mechanism could carry out, including on violence against indigenous women; missing and murdered indigenous women; climate change and its repercussions on the rights of indigenous peoples; the right to housing of indigenous peoples; the forced removal of indigenous children; the right to media and communications; the rights of indigenous persons with disabilities; the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of water; and the criminalization 4 14 See E/2019/43, para. 141.