A/HRC/27/67 indigenous peoples was not sought for aspects of policies that would most directly impact them. Culture and languages 119. The Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos noted its efforts to advance the use of Aymara language in some Chilean municipal schools to revitalize traditional culture. Non-discrimination and equality 120. The Centro de Promoción y Desarrollo Rural Amazónico noted that it was working to promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the hiring of indigenous health technicians by the regional health directorate of Ucayali, Peru. Its efforts to do so were consistent with the Declaration and with technical standards regarding the mainstreaming of intercultural approaches to health, particularly with regard to those health practitioners working in indigenous communities. Lands, territories and resources 121. The National Native Title Council noted its advocacy for the Government of Australia to enshrine the principles of the Declaration in the development of the Murray Darling Basin plan, especially with regard to the right of indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their distinctive relationship with their lands, territories, waters, coastal seas and other resources. In relation to the plan, the Council, together with its partners, was also undertaking the national cultural flows research project, which incorporated the principles of the Declaration, especially article 32, paragraph 1. Treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States 122. The Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos noted its sponsorship of the Awuayala Tribunal of Justice, a body whose decisions, while not binding, appealed to the conscience and reasoning of humanity. The Tribunal, hosted by the Kallawaya Nation in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, held its first hearing in June 2012 to hear the demand of the Jacha Suyu Pakajaki Nation to reclaim territories taken on the basis of the doctrine of discovery. C. Consideration of the Declaration when devising new laws and policies or other measures that affect indigenous individuals 123. Several indigenous peoples’ organizations reported that the Declaration was not routinely taken into account in State efforts to devise laws, policies or other measures that affect indigenous peoples. In some cases, this was attributed to the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples in the country or the view that indigenous peoples were an impediment to development. In some cases indigenous peoples’ organizations had made unsuccessful efforts to encourage States to adopt specific legal, policy and other measures to implement the Declaration. 124. A number of indigenous peoples’ organizations noted their own use of the Declaration as a basis for setting standards and in advocacy. The Sami Parliament of Norway, for example, used the Declaration and other international standards on a daily basis in its work. The National Indian Youth Council incorporated the declaration systematically in its discourse and work. 17

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