CONTENTS Page Foreword ...................................................................................................................... v I. NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY MATTER .......................................... 1 II. NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS AS A HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL REQUIREMENT ........................................ 4 III. THE FOCUS OF NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ......................................... 6 IV. THE FORM OF THE CONSULTATIONS ..................................................... 7 A. Quantitative consultations.........................................................................................7 B. Qualitative consultations ...........................................................................................8 C. Mixed methods research/Triangulation .................................................................... 10 V. PREPARING THE WAY FOR CONSULTATIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SENSITIZATION ................................................. 12 VI. WHEN TO CONSULT? ............................................................................. 14 VII. WHERE TO CONSULT AND FOR HOW LONG? ...................................... 16 VIII. WHO SHOULD CONDUCT THE CONSULTATIONS?............................... 18 IX. WHO SHOULD BE CONSULTED? ........................................................... 20 X. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS DURING THE CONSULTATIONS ............................................................. 24 XI. REPORTING ON CONSULTATIONS......................................................... 26 XII. FOLLOW-UP TO NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ..................................... 27 Annex .........................................................................................................................29 III