Part I The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Background, content and implementation The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has identified legal mechanisms that provide for comprehensive consultation with indigenous peoples on all matters that directly affect their interests, with a duty to provide full information at all stages of the decision-making process, as being best practices that can help secure the collective rights of indigenous peoples.87 Another best practice approach highlighted by the Special Rapporteur is legal recognition of indigenous villages as administrative units.88 A child plays with a poster at the observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. UN Headquarters, New York. UN Photo/Stephenie Hollyman. 87 “The situation of the Sami people in the Sápmi region of Norway, Sweden and Finland” (A/HRC/18/35/Add.2), para. 16. 88 “The situation of indigenous peoples in the Republic of the Congo” (A/HRC/18/35/Add.5), para. 42. Chapter 2: The content of the Declaration: Equality and non-discrimination; cultural integrity; and collective rights | 17