A/HRC/RES/57/15 and institutions in meetings of the Human Rights Council on issues affecting them, 1 the report of the Office of the High Commissioner of the intersessional round table held on 16 July 2021 on ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of the Council on issues affecting them, 2 and the report of the Office of the High Commissioner of the four-day expert workshop held from 21 to 24 November 2022 on possible ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Council,3 Acknowledging the importance of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples for supporting the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions duly established by themselves in meetings concerning them and the forthcoming fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Fund, Taking note of the study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples entitled “Constitutions, laws, legislation, policies, judicial decisions and other mechanisms through which States have taken measures to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in accordance with article 38 of the Declaration”,4 and encouraging States to consider implementing the advice therein, Taking note also of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples entitled “Indigenous persons with disabilities”,5 encouraging States to consider the recommendations contained therein, and recognizing the efforts made by the Special Rapporteur to engage Indigenous Peoples in the preparation of annual thematic and country visit reports, Taking note further of the report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples held on 27 September 2023, concerning the impact of certain development projects on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular the impact on Indigenous women,6 Recalling general recommendation No. 39 (2022) on the rights of Indigenous women and girls, of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as well as general comment No. 26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change, of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, encouraging States to consider the advice therein, and encouraging States, the treaty bodies, the Office of the High Commissioner and other stakeholders to continue to make joint efforts to translate them into Indigenous languages, while recognizing that general recommendation No. 39 (2022) has already been translated into six Indigenous languages, Recalling also that the focus of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 2024 was protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact, while acknowledging that those Indigenous Peoples face unique, often overlooked, challenges to preserving their way of life, Noting the adoption on 24 May 2024 by the World Intellectual Property Organization of the Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and needs of Indigenous women, children, young persons, older persons, persons with disabilities and persons in vulnerable situations, and to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination in this regard, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted by consensus by the General Assembly in 2014,7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 A/HRC/44/35. A/HRC/49/69. A/HRC/53/44. A/HRC/57/62. A/HRC/57/47. A/HRC/56/33. General Assembly resolution 69/2.