A/60/358 issues are considered key to the process of deciding on activities for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. The report also discusses conflict situations affecting indigenous communities in certain regions of the world. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur continued to receive information on situations where indigenous people’s human rights and fundamental freedoms had been violated, including issues relating to extrajudicial executions; death threats against indigenous leaders; allegations of human rights violations in conflicts relating to land, access to natural resources or the environment; lack of access to basic social services; acts of discrimination; obstacles to the full enjoyment of the right to education, including issues relating to the use and protection of indigenous people’s own languages and cultures; lack of information, participation and decision-making power with regard to issues that affect them; and forced evictions and displacements. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur undertook official visits to Colombia, Canada and South Africa, participated in the session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the twenty-third session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, and visited a number of communities in other areas at the invitation of various indigenous peoples, including the Sami people in Norway. He also took part in various international conferences and workshops, including a workshop on forced evictions and an international seminar on the implementation of laws regarding the rights of indigenous people, organized jointly by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the InterParliamentary Union (IPU) to support the Special Rapporteur in the preparation of his annual thematic report to the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights. 2