A/HRC/27/52 • Issues related to the right to education of indigenous peoples, especially bilingual and intercultural education and access to appropriate and culturally sensitive educational services; • Measures to protect and promote indigenous cultural heritage and traditional knowledge, including developments in conventions and standard-setting processes related to the protection of traditional knowledge and respect for the right to culture and the equitable sharing of benefits which accrue from the use of indigenous peoples’ knowledge, innovations and practices; • Economic and social rights and other human rights issues regarding indigenous women and children in various settings, such as migration, trafficking of women and girls, violent conflicts, the informal economy, child labour, etc.; • The impacts of policies and programmes of international and regional financial institutions, multilateral and bilateral investment and trade agreements and foreign aid on indigenous peoples, especially in relation to development projects affecting indigenous peoples, including good practices of such cooperation; • The impact of policies, programmes, decisions under legally binding multilateral environmental agreements4 on indigenous peoples, particularly with regard to how their rights enshrined in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 (1989) and other related human rights instruments are being protected, respected and fulfilled in the implementation of those Conventions at the national level. 53. While the previous mandate holders have integrated a focus on women and children areas into their works, including during country visits, as required under the mandates established by the Human Rights Council, women and children have never been the focus of a thematic report. The present Special Rapporteur considers that it is time to rectify that. She recognizes the need to coordinate closely with other special procedures mandate holders, especially those dealing with issues of women and children, as well as with treaty bodies such as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 54. A crucial element for the success of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate will be assessments of the situation of indigenous peoples in specific countries. To the extent that time and resources are limited, such visits will have to be prepared carefully for maximum results. During the first year of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur hopes to carry out country visits within each of the regions. She notes that the previous Special Rapporteurs, in addition to visits to northern countries such as the Nordic countries, the United States and Canada, have carried out numerous visits to the Latin American region. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges that this is due in large part to the openness of countries within the Latin American region to visits by the Special Rapporteur to look into issues related to indigenous peoples. She hopes that countries in other regions, especially in Asia and Africa, will demonstrate a similar openness during the course of her mandate. The Special Rapporteur also envisions that visits to specific countries could feed in to her thematic studies. 55. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur relies on establishing fluid communications with indigenous organizations and receiving communications from individuals and peoples regarding their human rights conditions. She has already written several communications to 4 16 Among others, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.