Chapter 1
Introducing National Human
Rights Institutions

Chapter 2
Models of NHRIs

Chapter 3
Roles and Responsabilities of
NHRIs

Chapter 4
The Rule of Law and the NHRI

Chapter 5
NHRIs, Development and
Democratic Governance

Chapter 6
Situating NHRI Support in the UN Planning & Programming Process

Chapter 7
Pre-establishment Phase of NHRIs

Chapter 8
Establishing NHRIs

Chapter 9
Consolidation Phase:
Strengthening the Mature NHRI

Chapter 10
Paris Principles and Accreditation

Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council


Table: 6 Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council19

Communications

Establish contacts with mandate holders in areas of particular concern at national level.

Ensure that NHRI receives regular communications from mandate holders in areas of particular concern to government.

Establish contacts with ICC representative in Geneva.

Plan for NHRI to attend relevant meetings (annual thematic, etc.).

Knowledge management

Ensure KM system in place to collect information about gaps and weaknesses in rights protection.

Establish a system to actively monitor and implement mandate holders' recommendations to the State.

Develop an awareness programme of follow-up seminars, including human rights stakeholders regarding mandate holders' recommendations to the State.

Strategic planning: NHRI should take relevant mandate holder recommendations into account when preparing its work-plan and when assisting in the formulation of National Human Rights Action Plans and in other human rights related programming activities.

 

 

 

 

 

19 OHCHR, Guidance Note: National Human Rights Institutions and the Work of OHCHR at Headquarters and Field Level. December 2007.