E/2012/43 E/C.19/2012/13 in Africa. Both studies are to have a focus on good practices and opportunities and be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 109. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Sambo Dorough and Ms. Davis to undertake a study on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, focusing on a potential voluntary mechanism to serve as a complaints body at the international level, in particular for claims and breaches of indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources at the domestic level. 110. The Permanent Forum appoints Valmaine Toki, a member of the Forum, to undertake a study on decolonization of the Pacific region, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 111. The Permanent Forum has decided to appoint Raja Devasish Roy and Simon William M’Viboudoulou, members of the Forum, to conduct a study on best practices and examples in respect of resolving land disputes and land claims, including consideration of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (Philippines), the Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Bangladesh) and the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 112. The Permanent Forum appoints Edward John, a member of the Forum, to conduct a study on the impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery on indigenous peoples, including mechanisms, processes and instruments of redress, with reference to the Declaration, and particularly to articles 26-28, 32 and 40, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 113. The Permanent Forum has decided to appoint Mr. John, Mr. Alvaro Pop and Ms. Cunningham, members of the Forum, to conduct a study on the links between indigenous rights, truth commissions and other truth-seeking mechanisms on the American continents, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 114. The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Mr. Pop to examine the situation of indigenous peoples and their participation in the democracies and electoral processes in Latin America under the Declaration, with his findings to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 115. All of the studies undertaken by the members of the Permanent Forum will be conducted within existing resources and submitted by 31 December 2012. The Forum also takes note of the ongoing studies by its members and commits to ensuring that those studies are completed by 31 December 2012 and submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. 116. The Permanent Forum urges indigenous peoples’ organizations and academic institutions, in particular indigenous peoples’ universities, to prepare thematic studies, within the mandate areas of the Forum, as a contribution to the preparatory processes leading up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in 2014. 117. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to ensure that the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) is aligned with the rights affirmed in the Declaration, and invites UNEP to organize a dialogue to discuss the Rio+20 outcome, its implications for indigenous peoples and its implementation. 18 12-35917