REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part II — Notes for Facilitators TIP ÎÎThe treaty-specific reporting guidelines can assist you in the selection of provisions for the work in groups. ÎÎThis session can be used as a basis for developing the agenda of a report drafting workshop for the ‘drafting working group’, in which the group will actually develop the outline of the State party report. ¡¡ If you would like to conduct this session for other stakeholders, you can follow the methodology suggested and adapt the guiding questions to your target audience so they are equipped to submit alternative reports to a Treaty Body. For example, on identifying the key issues, stakeholders can reflect on the focus and structure of their alternative report. Please refer to Chapters 5 and 6 as well Annex 2 of the Part I (Manual) of this Training Guide for further information on the role of other stakeholders in the reporting procedure. SESSION SEQUENCE  Step 1: Introduction Duration 15 minutes a) Introduce the session by mentioning the main elements of the relevant treaty-specific reporting guidelines (e.g., proposed structure of the report, type of information to be included, etc.). b) You may also wish to re-emphasize some of the suggested key messages of Session 4.2.1 before moving to the group work. c) Divide participants into five groups. Distribute to each member of the group a set of materials you have previously prepared. Step 2: Work in groups  Duration 1 hour 30 minutes a) Tell participants that they will be discussing in a staggered manner five batches of guiding questions contained in the hand-out. Explain to them that the questions aim at supporting the development of an outline of the report of the State party to a Treaty Body and that this is part of a suggested methodology for preparing a State party report. b) Task them with writing down the agreements of the group on flipcharts as a debriefing in plenary will take place at the end. c) Mention that you will be indicating to them how much time they will have to discuss each batch of questions and then let the groups start working. 1. Planning and organizing (10 minutes) • Who within the government is best placed to lead the preparations of this particular State party report? Which ministries and government agencies should be involved? What would be the responsibilities of the lead Ministry and others involved in this exercise? 2. Identifying the key issues to be reported on (15 minutes) • What international, regional and national sources of information might assist in identifying those issues? • What would be the most relevant issues to include in the report with respect to the treaty provision assigned to the group? 44