A/HRC/51/50 80. The internationalization of agreements may help foster implementation, as shown in the case of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia, which was adopted as a special agreement according to common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The signing of the agreement under international law strengthened guarantees of its implementation and ensured continuity of the transitional justice process despite political changes.148 81. Opening up issues related to treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements to international scrutiny, including United Nations human rights treaty bodies, may raise awareness of their relevance, build trust, help redress asymmetries and encourage consistent application of a human rights-based approach, contributing to respectful and healthy relationships between States and indigenous peoples. 82. Consideration of the creation of an international mechanism to focus on the implementation of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements in addition to the existing United Nations bodies should not be lost. In the outcome document of the Alta conference, indigenous peoples recommended that the General Assembly call for the establishment of an international mechanism to provide oversight, redress, restitution and the implementation of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between indigenous peoples or nations and States, predecessor and successor States.149 Since then, no other recommendations have been made for its establishment. 148 149 18 Submission of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, see also César Rojas Orozco, “Estatus jurídico internacional del acuerdo de paz colombiano”, Revista Estudios de Derecho, vol. 75, No. 165 (2018), pp. 131–149, see https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/red/article/view/334760/20790563. Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, June 2013, Alta Outcome Document , theme 2 (2), see https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/wc/AdoptedAlta_outcomedoc_EN.pdf.

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