NHRIs and Treaty Bodies
Table 5: NHRIs and Treaty Bodies18
Millennium Development Goal |
Key Related Human |
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Reporting Drafting accompanying reports or comments in connection with the reports that States are required to submit to UN bodies. |
Build a KM system to collect information about gaps and weaknesses in rights protection. |
Establish a process for the NHRI to provide information to the secretariat of the particular Treaty Body for the drafting of the List of Issues. |
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Plan for NHRIs to make presentations in treaty body pre-sessional working groups. |
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Establish a liaison with the ICC representative in Geneva to address treaty bodies on its behalf (only for A-status NHRIs). |
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Follow-up |
Create a system to monitor the effective implementation by the Government of the concluding observations and recommendations of treaty bodies and provide guidance on possible courses of action. |
Create a system to support and host follow up meetings to concluding observations and recommendations of treaty bodies intended for the Government, Parliament, public authorities, and civil society. |
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The NHRI should engage with Government, Parliament and other public authorities regarding the implementation of concluding observations and recommendations. |
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Where possible, institute programmes and activities based on observations and recommendations. |
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Petitions/Enquiry procedure |
Create an internal process to facilitate or assist victims' petitions to treaty bodies. |
International Human Rights instruments |
Ensure training on state ratification of relevant instruments, as well as reservations and implementation gaps following views and recommendations expressed by treaty bodies. |
Establish a programme to publicise / disseminate information about international human rights instruments. |
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Establish education campaigns for advocacy and for governments, Parliament, and stakeholders regarding international instruments. |
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Training |
Establish a programme to train state officials regarding reporting procedures, collection of data that is required for reports and other relevant issues relating to the reporting process. |
18 See OHCHR, "Guidance Note: National Human Rights Institutions and the Work of OHCHR at Headquarters and Field Level". 2007 (drafted by J. Klok, NI Unit, OHCHR); UN, "Conclusions of the International Roundtable on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions and Treaty Bodies" HRI/MC/2007/3, 7 February 2007.