A/HRC/RES/21/24 and identity of indigenous peoples, according to which cultural and language rights are indivisible and central to all the other rights,1 Recognizing the need to find ways and means of promoting the participation of recognized indigenous peoples’ representatives within the United Nations system on issues affecting them, as they are not always organized as non-governmental organizations, Welcoming the completion by the Expert Mechanism of its follow-up study on the right to participate in decision-making, with a focus on extractive industries, 2 and encouraging all parties to consider the examples of good practices and recommendations included in the report as practical advice on how to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 1. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples, 3 and requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms and activities undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner at Headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration; 2. Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the official visits he has made in the past year, takes note with appreciation of his report,4 and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to his requests for visits; 3. Requests the Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of his mandate to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session; 4. Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, takes note with appreciation of the report on its fifth session,5 and encourages States to continue to participate in and contribute to its discussions, including by their national specialized bodies and institutions; 5. Calls upon States to consider, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, initiating and strengthening, as appropriate, effective legislative and policy measures to protect, promote, respect and, where necessary, revitalize indigenous peoples’ languages and culture, taking into account, as appropriate, the study on the role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples;6 6. Stresses the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women and girls, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting indigenous peoples languages and culture; 7. Requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session; 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 A/HRC/21/53, para. 8. A/HRC/EMRIP/2012/2. A/HRC/21/23. A/HRC/21/47 and Add.1-3. A/HRC/21/52. A/HRC/21/53.