The Reporting Procedure
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the session participants will be able to:
¡¡ appraise the information management capacity of a NMRF;
¡¡ identify the main elements of a human rights recommendations implementation plan;
¡¡ infer the interlinkages between Treaty Bodies, UPR and Special Procedures recommendations; and
¡¡ prepare a human rights recommendations plan, based on an integrated approach to
implementation, which clusters and prioritizes recommendations.
SESSION PREPARATIONS
¡¡ This session has been designed to encourage an integrated approach to implementation of the
recommendations of the three main UN human rights mechanisms (i.e. Treaty Bodies, UPR and
Special Procedures), as in practice State parties to the human rights treaties are confronted
with the challenge of implementing hundreds of recommendations emanating from all these
mechanisms. This a segmented group activity suggests a methodology on how to develop a stepby-step human rights recommendations implementation plan.
¡¡ It will require intense preparation and clear guidance from the facilitator for it to run smoothly.
You are encouraged to be familiar with the content of Session 4.2.3 of Part I of this Training
Guide; with the information management capacity of a NMRF; and with the OHCHR conceptual
framework on indicators.
¡¡ In advance of the session:
üü Prepare an implementation plan containing the headings indicated in the sample provided at
the end of this note.
üü Prepare five thematic sets of 30 human rights recommendations issued to the country where
the training is taking place. You should have 150 recommendations in total, i.e. five thematic
sets of 30 recommendations each. See the tip on Step 3 for an alternative option.
üü To prepare the sets, you can use:
• five Sustainable Development Goal targets and search for matching recommendations (see
UHRI at www.uhri.ohchr.org);
• the list of OHCHR illustrative indicators to select the five themes taking into consideration
their relevance for the context.
The UHRI can be used to extract the recommendations using the advanced search feature, i.e.
by State and by right. Bear in mind that often Treaty Body recommendations contain various subparagraphs; each can be considered as a single recommendation.
You can also use the sample training materials (thematic sets) uploaded on the OHCHR website (www.
ohchr.org) in the Publications and Resources webpage. The sample compilation on OHCHRs website
contains 23 sets of recommendations linked to SDG3 (health), SDG5 (gender equality), SDG8
(decent work and economic growth) and 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) based on the
following criteria:
¡¡ two similar recommendations under one SDG from two different human rights mechanisms;
¡¡ one recommendation from another human rights mechanism and SDG; and
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