REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part I — Manual Databases and online platforms which cluster and keep track of recommendations and which are systematically and periodically updated with implementation information are important tools for enabling national mechanisms to improve and streamline national implementation. When publicly accessible, such tools will also greatly improve public accountability and transparency. The OHCHR Universal Human Rights Index (http://uhri.ohchr.org/) and its jurisprudence database (http://juris.ohchr.org/) assist in communicating recommendations and decisions to the range of national authorities responsible for taking action. The four capacities are a conceptual framework for guiding national discussions on how Governments can better institutionalize their engagement with international human rights mechanisms in the context of each of the capacities. Maybe a country, when reviewing how it currently performs in terms of the four capacities, concludes that it is doing rather well on three but would like to improve working methods on the fourth? Or maybe a little more work is needed in each area? The further development of the four capacities and institutionalization of a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up are intrinsically related to increasing the efficiency with which a State party reports to the Treaty Bodies and engages with all human rights mechanisms. 2.4. Linkages between human rights reporting and reporting on implementation of Sustainable Development Goals Principles that guide the Sustainable Development Goals follow-up and review process (paragraph 74, especially d, e, f, g of the Agenda 2030): 74. Follow-up and review processes at all levels will be guided by the following principles: ... d. They will be open, inclusive, participatory and transparent for all people and will support the reporting by all relevant stakeholders. e. They will be people-centred, gender-sensitive, respect human rights and have a particular focus on the poorest, most vulnerable and those furthest behind. f. They will build on existing platforms and processes, where these exist, avoid duplication and respond to national circumstances, capacities, needs and priorities. They will evolve over time, taking into account emerging issues and the development of new methodologies, and will minimize the reporting burden on national administrations. g. They will be rigorous and based on evidence, informed by country-led evaluations and data which is high-quality, accessible, timely, reliable and disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability and geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts. ... https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld 22