A/HRC/33/58 of such persons by allowing them to initiate proceedings to determine who their father was and establishing inheritance rights. Furthermore, Greenlanders living in Denmark affected by social vulnerability were supported as part of the strategy for vulnerable Greenlanders living in Denmark, for which 13.4 million krone had been earmarked for the period 20132016. 73. The response of Australia referred to federal, state and territory anti-discrimination laws, which protected individuals from discrimination, including women, children, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. 74. Peru stated that its emphasis had been on three groups: indigenous persons without identity documents; indigenous peoples living in border areas with difficult access; and indigenous women. 75. Canada reported that it had specific measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of women, youth, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. The Constitution also contained the Charter of Rights, which protected human rights. 76. Mexico stated that it promoted and protected the rights of indigenous persons belonging to vulnerable groups through the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, which had facilitated the release of indigenous persons from incarceration, provided translation and interpreting services in indigenous languages and promoted the rights of indigenous women. The Commission had also spearheaded a variety of programmes that focused on such topics as the following: violence against women; the full exercise of citizenship rights by indigenous youth; improving the productivity of projects run by indigenous people, with a focus on women; school attendance rates for indigenous children and youth; infrastructure for indigenous communities, including housing, with a focus on single mothers and persons with disabilities; and the electoral rights of indigenous peoples, with a focus on indigenous women. J. Raising awareness about the Declaration 77. The questionnaire posed the following question: “Has the State taken measures to raise awareness about the Declaration among various sectors of society, including parliamentarians, the judiciary, the civil service and indigenous peoples?” 78. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland was in the process of publishing the Declaration, as well as the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. 79. Denmark advised that, as a member State of the European Union, it contributed actively to bringing European Union policies into line with the Declaration. It had provided the European Union with a senior national adviser on indigenous issues to support an update of the European Union policy and guidelines on indigenous peoples. 80. Australia had provided information previously (in 2014 and 2015) about its efforts in that regard. 81. Peru discussed training programmes carried out by the Ministry of Culture to improve awareness of collective rights enshrined in national and international legal frameworks. Those programmes had reached 4,454 indigenous leaders, 2,384 civil servants, and 508 members of the general public. 82. Canada has promoted the Declaration in society at large and with indigenous peoples, parliamentarians and civil society. The Government of Canada had announced the country’s full support for the Declaration without qualification and had outlined plans on how it could be implemented domestically in accordance with the Constitution. 11

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