A/HRC/RES/18/8 8. Requests the Expert Mechanism to continue to build on its previous studies, including its study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, as laid out in the Expert Mechanism’s latest report; 9. Also requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study on the role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first session; 10. Further requests the Expert Mechanism to undertake, with the assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner, a questionnaire to seek the views of States on best practices regarding possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies in order to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 11. Welcomes the adoption of General Assembly resolution 65/198, in which the Assembly decided to organize a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held in 2014, in order to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to pursue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and stresses the importance of the open-ended consultations that will be conducted by the President of the Assembly with Member States and with representatives of indigenous peoples in order to determine the modalities for the meeting, including the participation of indigenous peoples in the Conference; 12. Also welcomes, in this regard, the preparatory process, and requests the Expert Mechanism, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 65/198, to discuss the upcoming World Conference and, together with other relevant mechanisms on indigenous peoples’ issues, to contribute to the exploration of the modalities for the meeting, including indigenous peoples’ participation in the World Conference and its preparatory process; 13. Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner, the Office of Legal Affairs and other relevant parts of the Secretariat, to prepare a detailed document on the ways and means of promoting participation at the United Nations of recognized indigenous peoples’ representatives on issues affecting them, given that they are not always organized as non-governmental organizations, and on how such participation might be structured, drawing from, inter alia, the rules governing the participation in various United Nations bodies by non-governmental organizations (including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31) and by national human rights institutions (including Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 and Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/74 of 20 April 2005), and to present it to the Council at its twenty-first session; 14. Decides to hold, on an annual basis and within existing resources, a half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples and, in this regard, to hold, at its twenty-first session, a half-day panel discussion on access to justice by indigenous peoples; 15. Welcomes the role of national human rights institutions established in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles) in advancing indigenous issues, and encourages such institutions to develop and strengthen their capacities to fulfil that role effectively, including with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner and, in that regard, welcomes the initiative by the Office and national human rights institutions to develop an operational guide for such institutions with the objective of attaining the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and encourages its widest dissemination upon its completion; 3