EXAMPLES OF NPM SUBMISSIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODIES Submission by the Norwegian NPM of supplementary information to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Pre-Sessional Working Group in March, in relation to Norway’s 9th Periodic Report and the examination of Norway by CEDAW in October 2017: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/NOR/INT_CEDAW_IFN_ NOR_26505_E.pdf. Submission by the NPM of Switzerland (Commission nationale de prévention de la torture) to the Committee against Torture (CAT) in relation to Switzerland’s 7th periodic report in March 2015: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCAT %2fNHS%2fCHE%2f21161&Lang=en. Submission by the NPM of Paraguay (Mecanismo nacional de prevención de la tortura) to the Committee against Torture (CAT) in relation to Paraguay’s 7th periodic report in August 2017: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1. aspx?SessionID=1132&Lang=en. NPMs should promote and follow up on recommendations from the United Nations and regional bodies, relevant to their mandate, at the national level. Public awareness As observed, NPMs should develop strategies for making their mandates and work known to the public in order to ensure public understanding of their roles and responsibilities, and emphasize their preventive focus (see example of interactive programmes on community radios, in the text box on page 30). NPMs should also establish simple, accessible and confidential procedures through which the public might provide them with relevant information. The strategies of NPMs have included the conduct of public campaigns, production of promotional materials and the development of web pages. © UN/OHCHR Photo KEY CRITERIA FOR AN EFFECTIVE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM I 33