A/HRC/27/30 24. OHCHR Colombia, in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office, the Presidential Programme for the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights and the General Controller’s Office, organized training and awareness-raising events on indigenous peoples’ rights and their right to consultation and to free, prior and informed consent. Those efforts contributed to the Government acceptance of specific protocols on prior consultation. The Ministry of the Interior also engaged with OHCHR in developing practical exercises of prior consultation in accordance to international human rights standards. OHCHR Colombia and the United Nations Resident Coordinator are acting as guarantors of an agreement between the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) and the Government on a number of issues relating mainly to the right to indigenous autonomy and self-government. 25. In Ecuador, OHCHR developed a training module for the police, the armed forces and the national human rights institution with the aim of promoting compliance with international standards on the collective rights of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants. The initiative helped the Government to comply with the judgement of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of the People of Sarayaku v. Ecuador, which required the State to provide sustained trainings to the armed forces and the police on collective rights. 26. OHCHR also supported the inclusion of standards on the right to free, prior and informed consent as part of the domestic regulations to approve REDD+ projects2 in Ecuador, a climate change mitigation strategy implemented in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNCCC). The final guidelines, which have been approved by Ministerial Decree, pay due attention to constitutional and international human rights standards. The Ministry of Environment is currently undertaking a consultation process on the draft regulation. 4. Strengthening the use of international human rights bodies and mechanisms 27. In Cameroon, OHCHR implemented national workshops for government officials, civil society organizations and United Nations agencies on the follow-up and evaluation of the implementation of the concluding observations of treaty bodies and the recommendations of special procedures with regard to indigenous peoples’ rights. In Chile, OHCHR also conducted training sessions for indigenous peoples’ representatives on human rights standards and mechanisms that indigenous peoples can evoke to claim their rights. 28. OHCHR Kenya supported the Government in developing and adopting a road map for implementing the recommendations made during the UPR concerning indigenous peoples. The road map proposes designing and prioritizing affirmative measures; developing programmes aimed at implementing a decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; holding consultative meetings on the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the ratification of ILO Convention No. 169. 29. In Panama, OHCHR assisted the electoral tribunal on the implementation of the UPR recommendations to fulfil the right of Ngobe indigenous children to registration at birth. In Nicaragua, the Regional Office for Central America provided assistance to indigenous peoples to establish a space for dialogue between the indigenous authorities and the Government, further to a UPR recommendation. Following up on a recommendation made by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples (E/CN.4/2004/80/Add.2), OHCHR Mexico provided technical advice in view of the reform of the legislation on military jurisdiction, which was passed by the National Congress in April 2014. 2 REDD + is a new community-based partnership programme launched by the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme). 7

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