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informed that normally, the secretariat will not be involved in the preparation
of the visit, nor in its conduct, and that no administrative nor financial support
will be made available for it. This will be applied, in particular, when visits
take place before the consideration by the treaty body of the State party’s
report. OHCHR may agree to provide support when the invitation to visit the
country is made after the consideration of the report and when it is directed
to following up on treaty body recommendations.
2. The treaty body experts invited are encouraged to seek the agreement of their
colleagues on the purpose and the usefulness of the visit and to report in writing
to them after the visit. It would be advisable to disclose whether expenses
were covered by the country (or by an NGO), and whether an honorarium
was paid in relation to any lecture, conference, etc., related to the visit.
3. If an invitation to visit the country of a reporting State party is sent to treaty body
experts by NGOs, those experts are encouraged to inform the Government of
that State party accordingly.
4. In all cases of invitation to visit a country of a reporting State party before
its report is considered by the treaty body concerned, visiting experts are
advised to refrain from press conferences and media relations so as not to run
the risk of pre-empting the result of the consideration of the State party’s report.
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