A/HRC/36/22 the identity of eight indigenous communities of the Areng valley. OHCHR facilitated the building of trust between indigenous peoples and the authorities and raised awareness of indigenous peoples’ rights among all stakeholders. In Kampong Speu, the Office held meetings with the provincial cadastral office to support the process of preliminary mapping of the communal land of the Oral indigenous community, a process that has been halted owing to a question surrounding the preliminary mapping, which the indigenous community has opposed. 61. The Office supported the participation of indigenous representatives in ongoing consultations on three law and policy documents related to intellectual property rights: a draft law on agricultural land; a draft environmental code; and draft guidelines on public participation in environmental impact assessments. The Office continued to work with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Construction and Planning, the Ministry of Rural Development, local governments and civil society organizations to support the efforts of indigenous peoples to apply for collective land titles. OHCHR assisted with the provision of legal aid to communities that have suffered violations of their land rights. It also supported the Bunong communities from Busra in Mondulkiri Province to better assert their rights in relation to negotiations with a private company that had been granted a land concession. OHCHR observed and facilitated the meetings of the tripartite committee, which comprised representatives from the company, the Bunong communities affected by the land concession and local authorities. As a follow-up to the project, OHCHR partnered with an independent mediation group and committed to provide technical support to the affected indigenous communities during the pre-mediation period. Compensation agreements have since been reached in relation to one sacred site and the company made a commitment to review over 100 pending land claims. The role of OHCHR as a third-party broker helped the parties to engage in good-faith negotiations and to seek solutions to outstanding disputes over indigenous peoples’ land and sacred forests. 62. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia supported the establishment of an Ethnic Commission for Peace and the Defence of Territorial Rights, an alliance of indigenous and Afro-Colombian organizations, and contributed to its inclusion in the Havana peace dialogues between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The outcome of this engagement was the inclusion of the “Ethnic Chapter” in the final peace accord, which includes principles applicable to the entire accord that guarantee that Afro-Colombians’ and indigenous peoples’ rights are safeguarded. The Office also provided support to local dialogue processes in Cauca and contributed to the agreements reached between the Uwa people and the Government in relation to gas exploitation in their ancestral territory. It further supported the dialogue between governmental institutions and indigenous peoples in Nariño and Putumayo on the voluntary programmes to substitute the growing of illicit crops with legal ones, in the framework of the implementation of the peace agreement. 63. The Office participated at the Mesa Permanente de Concertación, a national forum in which the representatives of indigenous peoples’ main communities dialogue with the national Government on the adoption and implementation of legislative or administrative measures that may affect them. 64. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala is providing technical assistance to the institutions responsible for dealing with land related conflicts, such as the Secretary of Agrarian Affairs and the Land Fund. There are currently 1,448 land conflicts in Guatemala, including on the existence of overlapping land titles, territorial limits, regularization and occupation of lands. The Office monitors cases of forced displacement of indigenous communities reclaiming lands, from which they were often forcibly displaced during the armed conflict and which are now under the control of private interests. The Office is also monitoring and documenting cases of conflicts faced by indigenous and campesino communities related to the administration of protected areas. 65. In August 2016, OHCHR organized a three-day meeting in Nakuru, Kenya, to enhance dialogue between members of the Endorois community, the Kenya National Human Rights Commission and Department of Justice, as well as the Ministry of Tourism and Kenya Welfare Service, as a follow-up to the decision by the African Commission on 10

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