A/HRC/33/58 indigenous peoples, the Commission had established a system that allowed an indigenous person to access legal services in his or her indigenous language through the provision of translators. It was estimated that, in the period from 1 December 2012 to 31 May 2016, the Commission had provided language support services to 3,888 indigenous persons. 47. Indigenous peoples’ organizations described advances in that area, in one case with support from the private sector. In other cases, while constitutional recognition of indigenous languages existed, there were no measures taken to ensure their promotion and protection. F. Non-discrimination and equality 48. The questionnaire posed the following question: “Have specific legislative, policy or administrative measures relating to non-discrimination and equality been adopted? If yes, please provide details. If not, please outline any plans to develop legislative, policy or administrative measures in this area.” 49. Finland had the new Non-Discrimination Act (1324/2014), which provided for the appointment of the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman and expanded the scope of protection against discrimination. The Act applied to all public and private activities and included obligations for public authorities to develop “equality plans” concerning education and employment. The Act was overseen by a new tribunal, which covered all grounds of discrimination and could undertake conciliation between parties and impose fines in order to reinforce its decisions. 50. Discrimination and vilification on the basis of race was prohibited in Australia under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and individuals who experienced such discrimination could make a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission. 51. Article 9 of the Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia stated that one of the essential functions of the State was to create a just society, free from discrimination and exploitation. Article 14 of the Constitution stipulated that the State prohibited and sanctioned all forms of discrimination. The country also had a law against racism and all forms of discrimination. That law had the objective of establishing mechanisms and processes to prevent and sanction acts of racism and all forms of discrimination. 52. Peru reported on measures taken in the health sector to ensure indigenous peoples’ access to health services on a non-discriminatory basis, as well as to ensure that those services were intercultural in nature. Peru also had a national policy on the mainstreaming of a multicultural approach, which was mandatory for all State institutions. 53. Canada responded that it had a constitutional and legislative framework protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, including in relation to discrimination and equality. It was also launching an inquiry to address known forms of gender-based discrimination related to the transmission of Indian status. 54. Mexico guaranteed the right to non-discrimination and equality through its national constitution, as well as through various legislative instruments, such as article 3 of the General Law for Equality between Men and Women. The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples also contributed to the protection of those rights through various national programmes, such as the National Programme for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2014-2018. 55. Responses from indigenous peoples’ organizations emphasized that, despite constitutional and/or legislative guarantees, structural discrimination against indigenous peoples persisted. 8