The Reporting Procedure
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significantly different impact on the various groups, the report should provide information explaining
the reasons for such differences and provide details on any measures taken to address them.
TIP
ÎÎThe Treaty Bodies regularly require disaggregated statistics and data to measure
implementation of the rights stipulated in the treaties. The Treaty Bodies look at the
“small numbers”. For example, when 96% of girls between the ages of 6-10 years
attend primary school, the Treaty Body will wish to know why 4% do not.
Recommendations from Treaty Bodies, Special Rapporteurs and the Universal Periodic Review
mechanism have referred to the guidance published by OHCHR on human rights indicators and
data. This guidance helps national stakeholders develop and use relevant indicators to inform and
measure implementation of recommendations and facilitate the integration of human rights norms
and principles, such as participation, data disaggregation, privacy, self-identification, transparency
and accountability, into data collection and analysis. Please refer to OHCHR publications: Human
Rights Indicators, A Guide to Measurement and Implementation34 and Human Rights-Based Approach
to Data35 for more information.
v. Coordinating with and consulting relevant stakeholders
The draft report should be circulated to the relevant government entities to ensure that it coherently
reflects their position. The individual components of the report should be discussed as widely as
possible among the relevant government agencies, and especially among the officials in charge of
specific sectors, to ensure the completeness and correctness of the final report.
The Government can establish a standing procedure for interaction with parliament, including
informing parliament on the reporting and review process, submission of draft reports for comments,
and forwarding of recommendations following review of the report by a Treaty Body.
The State party should also consider ways of circulation the draft to stakeholders outside the State
bodies. In many cases States hold a public consultation on the draft report and invite relevant
stakeholders – including national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other
stakeholders – to give their feedback on a draft report. Although such a process entails an
investment in time, it will contribute to raising awareness among the general public regarding the
State’s obligations under the international human rights treaties and in the light of the human rights
situation in the country. It can also contribute to making the preparation process transparent and
participatory.
Information technology could be used to reach out to a wider public. Some States post their draft
report on the Internet for a fixed period of time and invite all relevant stakeholders, including
governmental agencies, NHRIs, civil society and the general public, to comment on the draft. Later
they also post a compilation of comments made by the public and a revised draft on the webpage to
demonstrate how the comments have been considered and incorporated into the final report.
34 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Indicators/Pages/documents.aspx
35 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/HRIndicators/GuidanceNoteonApproachtoData.pdf
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