A/HRC/27/64 Declaration; making proposals to the Council for new standards or norms, as needed to protect indigenous peoples’ human rights; and providing input for the universal periodic review process, in connection with the rights of indigenous peoples. 84. Some participants also suggested themes for future studies by the Expert Mechanism. These included article 26 of the Declaration (right to lands, territories and resources); a continuation of the present study on disaster risk reduction, with a focus on climate change; indigenous peoples’ rights and business; indigenous peoples and food sovereignty; and the role of indigenous human rights defenders. 85. The Expert Mechanism also discussed the possibility of carrying out, in the future, a study on indigenous peoples’ right to health. 86. International Chief Littlechild provided two proposals (see paras. 8 and 9). The first related to the organization of an expert seminar on indigenous peoples’ rights and business, and the second concerned the continuation of the Expert Mechanism’s questionnaire to States and indigenous peoples on good practices in implementing the Declaration. Mr. Tsykarev agreed with the questionnaire on the implementation of the Declaration being continued, and called on all stakeholders to adopt a critical approach when providing their responses, so that, along with the positive practices, challenges and lessons learned would be highlighted too. XI. Adoption of reports, studies and proposals 87. At the end of the seventh session, the Expert Mechanism adopted its follow-up study and advice on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, its study and advice on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in disaster risk reduction initiatives, and the report summarizing the responses to the questionnaire seeking the views of States and indigenous peoples on best practices regarding possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. All proposals were adopted by consensus by the members of the Expert Mechanism. 88. The members of the Expert Mechanism also adopted a provisional agenda for the eighth session of the Expert Mechanism (annex II). 19

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