human rights norms at play, and make a realistic assessment of its capacity to carry out monitoring. Institutions must be especially realistic about their resource capacities, since monitoring is a long-term and costly activity. Second, the institution plans the monitoring activity by deciding on an approach, methodology and time frame, and determining the data framework (i.e., it identifies data needs and sources, and identifies or develops data capture tools). Third, the institution collects, verifies and assesses data relevant to the issue being monitored. Finally, it seeks results by reporting on the monitoring exercise and advocating change. 115