A/HRC/36/56 22. States also often provide good follow-up to adverse findings under the individual communications procedures of the treaty bodies. For example, in one particular case, 22 Argentina paid $53,000 in compensation plus a monthly life pension and provided a property and a scholarship to an indigenous girl who was raped and subjected to discrimination on the basis of her gender and ethnicity. It also initiated compulsory training to prevent gender discrimination and violence against women. At its 109th session, the Committee considered the implementation of that friendly settlement to be satisfactory. 23 23. Many opportunities remain for the treaty bodies to be informed by the Declaration, a point recognized at the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, at which participants called upon the treaty bodies to consider the Declaration in accordance with their respective mandates.24 The Human Rights Committee, while dealing frequently with issues relating to the rights of indigenous peoples, has refrained from making explicit refers to the Declaration owing to the initial opposition by some Member States to its adoption. Given that the situation has now changed, perhaps it is time for the Committee to change that practice. Treaty bodies may consider cross-referencing their recommendations to contribute to the coherence and consistency on indigenous issues. In that regard, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women may consider drafting a general recommendation on indigenous women and girls, the violence against whom is recognized as a global phenomenon. 24. The special procedures of the Human Rights Council also take up indigenous issues, in particular through the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.25 Other special procedure mandate holders also take up issues related to indigenous peoples, including those dealing with the environment, housing, cultural rights, violence against women, transnational corporations and business enterprises, food, discrimination against women in law and in practice and extreme poverty. 25. In recent years, the issues raised by the special procedures have centred around the rights of indigenous peoples to consultation and participation in the issues that affect them; the precarious situation of indigenous peoples living in urban settlements; lack of citizenship of indigenous peoples as a barrier to access to water, food and other basic needs; discriminatory practices against women and girls, in particular in the implementation of laws on citizenship and nationality; and the adverse impact of business-related activities on indigenous peoples. 26. For example, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights presented a human rights-based framework for including people living in poverty in the design, implementation and evaluation of policies and programmes. The framework drew heavily on ILO Convention No. 169 and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as they relate to consultation with and participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making processes. 26 The Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, during a visit to Botswana, encouraged the Government to consult closely with the San people in relation to implications of the inclusion of the Okavango Delta on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 27 B. Universal periodic review 27. A total of 991 recommendations on indigenous peoples were made during the first two cycles of the universal periodic review. In its third cycle, initiated in May 2017, a considerable number of recommendations were made by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review regarding indigenous peoples’ rights, including a recommendation to make reference to the situation of indigenous peoples in voluntary 22 23 24 25 26 27 8 Communication No. 1610/2007, L.N.P v Argentina, Views adopted on 18 July 2011. See A/69/40 (Vol. I). See General Assembly resolution 69/2, para. 29. A/72/186. See A/HRC/23/36. See A/HRC/30/25, para. 68.