E/2022/43 E/C.19/2022/11 of industrial fishing on the rights of indigenous peoples in regard to traditional fishing. The Permanent Forum invites the Organization to share the findings of said study at the twenty-third session of the Permanent Forum, to be held in 2024. 58. The Permanent Forum welcomes the draft general recommendation on the rights of indigenous women and girls of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The Permanent Forum reiterates its recommendation, contained in the report on its twentieth session (E/2021/43, para. 32), that the general recommendation be adopted at the earliest opportunity. The Permanent Forum invites the Committee to share its plans for implementation of the general recommendation at the twenty-third session of the Permanent Forum, to be held in 2024. 59. The Permanent Forum is deeply concerned about the particular vulnerabilities of indigenous children. In this regard, it notes the study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the rights of the indigenous child under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( A/HRC/48/74) and the note by the Secretariat entitled “Update on the promotion and application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: violence against children” (E/C.19/2022/4), prepared in collaboration with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to prioritize the human rights of indigenous children and young people, in cooperation with indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum further calls upon those States that have not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including its three Optional Protocols – on a communications procedure, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, to do so as soon as possible. 60. The Permanent Forum urges the Government of Kenya to implement the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples ’ Rights on the rights of Endorois to the ownership of their ancestral lands, to the restitution thereof and to compensation in that connection. 61. The Permanent Forum calls upon the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to immediately cease efforts to evict the Maasai people from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (item 4) 62. The Permanent Forum expresses concern over the misappropriation and misuse of indigenous peoples’ cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, and urges States and companies, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, to take effective measures to recognize and protect their rights, in accordance with article 31 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this regard, the Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to take measures to safeguard indigenous peoples’ rights to intellectual property by adopting laws and public policies, in which it is recognized that indigenous peoples have the right over their creations, knowledge, discoveries, works, traditional cultural expressions and other elements. 63. The Permanent Forum notes that the Constitutional Court of Guatemala issued ruling No. 2112-2016 of 24 October 2017 on indigenous peoples’ intellectual collective property. The Permanent Forum urges Guatemala to comply with the ruling and to adopt laws and policies, respecting the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples. 22-07676 13/27

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