A/HRC/42/55 Nations agencies, regional human rights mechanisms, Member States and civil society organizations at the country level, including through activities related to capacity-building. 8. The Expert Mechanism undertook a country engagement mission to New Zealand under its new mandate from 8 to 13 April. For more information on the mission, see section VI below. III. Adoption of studies, reports and proposals A. Adoption of studies and reports 9. During its twelfth session, the Expert Mechanism adopted its study and advice on the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of borders, migration and displacement (A/HRC/EMRIP/2019/2), under paragraph 2 (a) of Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. 10. The Expert Mechanism also adopted its report on the theme of efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: recognition, reparation and reconciliation (A/HRC/EMRIP/2019/3), under paragraph 2 (b) of Human Rights Council resolution 33/25. 11. The Expert Mechanism agreed that, in consultation with the other members, the Chair-Rapporteur could make revisions to the two documents mentioned above in the light of the discussions at its twelfth session and agreed to submit them to the Council at its forty-second session. B. Proposals Proposal 1: Participation of indigenous peoples in the Human Rights Council 12. The Expert Mechanism proposes that the Human Rights Council, in consultation with indigenous peoples, make further efforts to enhance the participation in the Council of representatives of indigenous peoples and their representative institutions, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. That would include all meetings relevant to the rights of indigenous peoples, including the interactive dialogue with the Mechanism and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the annual half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples and sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review. 13. For that purpose, the Expert Mechanism proposes that the Human Rights Council hold a technical workshop on modalities for the enhanced participation of indigenous peoples. The workshop should ensure representation from all seven indigenous socioeconomic regions and build on the outcomes of the intersessional interactive dialogue held on 15 July 2019, at which many indigenous representatives stressed the importance of a transparent and inclusive consultation process with Member States and the need for a specific status, reflecting the representative institutions of indigenous peoples. 14. The Expert Mechanism puts forward the present proposal without prejudice to the ongoing consultative process referred to in General Assembly resolution 71/321, aimed at enhancing the participation of the representatives and institutions of indigenous peoples in United Nations meetings. Proposal 2: International decade on indigenous languages 15. The Expert Mechanism proposes to the Human Rights Council that it support the proclamation of an international decade of indigenous languages, in the light of the progress, outcomes and lessons learned from the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, through the activities led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In making this proposal, the Expert Mechanism would like to stress the critical nature of their languages to the rights of indigenous peoples, as well as the ongoing discrimination against indigenous peoples who speak their languages and the threat of extinction of indigenous languages. 4