A/HRC/60/66 20. In empowering Indigenous Peoples in artificial intelligence, States and the private sector should engage in collaboration, show respect for Indigenous knowledge systems, and ensure adherence to free, prior and informed consent. They should create spaces for open technological innovation for and by Indigenous Peoples, with their own perspective. States and international organizations should hold violators of intellectual property rights, including artificial intelligence producers and users, accountable. 21. States and private sector should invest in Indigenous-led artificial intelligence initiatives, ensuring that technology serves as a tool for the protection of Indigenous languages and cultural preservation, economic development and self-determination. 22. States should become parties to the World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge and create, in consultation with Indigenous Peoples, appropriate database safeguards and transparent modalities for disclosing and exchanging data from databases across borders. 23. States, in consultation with Indigenous Peoples and in the light of the newly established subsidiary body on article 8 (j) and other provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity related to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, should introduce modalities that will allow for culturally appropriate collection and analysis of data related to traditional knowledge. GE.25-12012 19