A/HRC/27/67 12. While El Salvador does not have a specific strategy for its implementation, the Declaration is part of the normative framework for a draft policy on indigenous peoples developed in 2013. 13. Despite not having a formal strategy for implementing the Declaration, Australia cited the Apology of 2008 to Australia’s indigenous peoples, and in particular to the stolen generations, as a symbolic gesture signalling its commitment to implementing the Declaration. In addition, Australia indicated that the principles of the Declaration were consistent with “Closing the gap”, the Government strategy to address indigenous disadvantage. Discussions are under way for the recognition of indigenous Australians in the constitution. 14. Germany and Switzerland indicated that while they did not have indigenous peoples within their borders, their foreign development policies recognized the Declaration as a standard for indigenous peoples. 15. The majority of States did not provide details on the scope and nature of their national implementation plans in their responses. Nor did they indicate how those laws and policies were developed, or whether they had been developed in consultation with indigenous peoples. B. 1. Legal, policy or other measures adopted especially to implement the rights in the Declaration All the rights in the Declaration 16. On 7 November 2007, the Plurinational State of Bolivia passed Law No. 3760 on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In its response to the questionnaire, Bolivia provided extensive information on laws and programmes that are relevant to the implementation of the Declaration, including in the areas of education and languages, communications and media, housing, economic policies, food security, land and agricultural development, justice and women’s rights in the administration of justice, human rights, land, water, consultation processes, decolonization and processes to reduce patriarchy. 17. Chile also provided a comprehensive overview of measures to implement the rights set out in the Declaration, focusing on the five areas noted in paragraph 11 above. Those measures ranged from laws to policies and programmes. 18. In 2011, the Congo passed law No. 5-2011 for the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, which incorporates the fundamental principles of the Declaration. The law addresses many areas, including consultation, the right of indigenous peoples to administer their internal affairs and have recourse to traditional customs to resolve internal conflicts, the protection of customs and traditional institutions, intellectual property relating to traditional knowledge, the protection of sacred sites, education and individual and collective property rights. 19. The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Mexico has as one of its principal objectives the harmonization of federal and state-level laws with respect to the rights of indigenous peoples. It has referenced the Declaration in its work in this area. 20. The “Closing the gap” strategy in Australia sets benchmarks for ending educational disadvantage for indigenous children, which Australia believes is a key priority area for the implementation of the Declaration. 5