A/HRC/RES/51/18 particular the impact on indigenous women, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to encourage and facilitate the participation of indigenous women, to make the discussion fully accessible to and inclusive for persons with disabilities and to prepare a summary report on the discussion for submission to the Council prior to its fifty-sixth session; 12. Looks forward to the discussion and to considering the subsequent recommendations of the four-day expert workshop convened by the Office of the High Commissioner on possible ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Human Rights Council, which will be held from 21 to 24 November 2022 and will be open to the participation of States and of Indigenous Peoples from the seven indigenous sociocultural regions; 13. Decides to continue to discuss further steps and measures necessary to enable and to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions in the work of the Human Rights Council, in particular by taking into consideration the summary report on the discussion and the resulting recommendations of the four-day expert workshop to be prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner and submitted to the Council prior to its fifty-third session; 14. Reiterates the invitation to the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, within the Fund’s rules and established procedures, to assist representatives of Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and institutions in participating in the above-mentioned expert workshop, promoting balanced regional representation; 15. Encourages the Expert Mechanism to continue its discussions on the issue of enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions in the relevant meetings of the Human Rights Council on issues affecting them; 16. Encourages States to give due consideration to the rights of Indigenous Peoples and to all forms of violence and discrimination, including multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, faced by Indigenous Peoples and individuals, including setbacks and aggravated barriers caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in fulfilling the commitments undertaken in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the formulation of relevant international and regional programmes, as well as national action plans, strategies and programmes, applying the principle of leaving no one behind; 17. Urges States to take appropriate measures to protect indigenous children, in particular girls, and young persons from violence, and to ensure that all perpetrators of such violence are held accountable; 18. Encourages the Special Rapporteur, the Expert Mechanism and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to strengthen their ongoing cooperation and coordination and ongoing efforts to promote the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in treaties and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, and invites them to continue to work in close cooperation with all Human Rights Council mechanisms and the human rights treaty bodies, within their respective mandates; 19. Encourages the development of a process to facilitate the international repatriation of Indigenous Peoples’ ceremonial objects and human remains, in cooperation with Indigenous Peoples and through the continued engagement of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Expert Mechanism, the Special Rapporteur, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, States and all other relevant parties in accordance with their mandates; 20. Reaffirms that the United Nations treaty bodies are important mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages States to give serious consideration to their recommendations, including those regarding Indigenous Peoples, in the application of treaties; 21. Welcomes the contribution of the universal periodic review to the realization of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, encourages effective follow-up to accepted review recommendations concerning Indigenous Peoples, and invites States to include, as appropriate, information on the situation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including 5