E/C.12/CRI/CO/5 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of or accession to the following international instruments: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, on 14 January 2014; (b) The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, on 16 February 2012; (c) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, on 1 October 2008. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Domestic application of the Covenant 6. While the Committee welcomes the examples provided by the State party of the direct application of the rights set out in the Covenant, it is concerned that those examples are limited in scope, since they relate mostly to the right to health and are confined to decisions of the Constitutional Chamber. 7. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary steps to promote the enjoyment of all the rights recognized in the Covenant at all levels of the judicial system. In this connection, the Committee encourages the State party to provide training that draws on the content of the Committee’s general comments concerning what those rights cover, publicizing the possibility of invoking the Covenant before the courts, with a special focus on judges, lawyers, law enforcement officials, members of the Legislative Assembly and other officials responsible for implementation of the Covenant. It also encourages the State party to organize awareness campaigns for rights holders. The Committee draws the State party’s attention in particular to general comment No. 9 (1998) on the domestic application of the Covenant and asks that it include in its next periodic report information on cases in which Covenant rights have been invoked by the national courts. Rights of indigenous peoples 8. The Committee is concerned about the failure to consistently respect the right of indigenous peoples to prior consultation with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent in respect of decision-making processes that may affect their ability to exercise their rights, in particular their economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee is also concerned that the bill on the autonomous development of the indigenous peoples has not yet been passed into law and that, although the State has recognized indigenous territories, in practice many of those territories are occupied by non-indigenous persons, a situation which has given rise to serious conflicts (art. 1). 9. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that indigenous peoples are regularly consulted with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent in respect of decision-making processes that may affect their ability to exercise their economic, social and cultural rights; (b) Expedite discussions in the Legislative Assembly on the bill on the autonomous development of the indigenous peoples and set a specific time frame for the speedy enactment of the bill; (c) Ensure and protect the right of indigenous peoples to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and natural resources that they possess, including 2 GE.16-18309