REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part II — Notes for Facilitators Step 3: Wrap-up  Duration 5 minutes a) Present the results of the exercise to the group and wrap up the activity. Key messages for the wrap-up can include: üü reporting to the Treaty Bodies is a legal obligation for State parties to international human rights treaties. It enables governments to ensure treaty compliance through knowing their own national situation. Its ultimate goal is to improve the situation of right-holders at national level. üü a summary of the benefits of reporting (i.e. self-assessment of human rights; promotion of national dialogue; receiving international expert advice and access to experience from other countries). TIP ÎÎDo not forget to come back to the four capacities of the NMRF. Some examples: • reporting on time and in compliance with the respective Treaty Body’s reporting guidelines demonstrates the capacity of a NMRF for engagement with the Treaty Bodies; • gathering information and data from different ministries, parliament, the judiciary, the national office for statistics, etc., to prepare such a State party report demonstrates the coordination capacity of the NMRF; • the NMRF has an opportunity to demonstrate its consultation capacity by fostering and leading the interactions with the national human rights institution and civil society through the preparations of the State party report; • Ultimately the preparation of a report to a Treaty Body enables the NMRF to demonstrate its information management capacity, when a system for managing information on the implementation of treaties and implementation of recommendations is in place. 32