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Empowering NHRI and NGOs in TB and UPR: Civil Society Engagement Handbook

This handbook equips NHRI and NGOs to engage effectively in TB and UPR processes, from submitting reports to monitoring implementation and advocating for human rights. It provides guidance, tools, and resources for civil society participation.

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Empowering NHRI and NGOs in TB and UPR: Civil Society Engagement Handbook

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  1. The independent role of NHRI and NGOs in the TB and UPR processesOHCHR Treaty Body Capacity Building Programme

  2. Reporting cycle with stakeholders

  3. Role of the NHRI and NGOs inTreaty Bodies Prior to Review • Submit own reports (i.e. parallel reports) to a Treaty Body prior to adoption of List of Issues and/or prior to the plenary consideration by the Treaty Body of the State party report During Review • Attend the Treaty Body plenary sessions as observers • Brief Treaty Body members, either during formal or informal meetings Following Review • Advocate for, track and monitor implementation of the concluding observations (COBs) • Inter-actand cooperate between NHRI and civil society (public reporting) An NHRI should not prepare the report or report on behalf of the Government BUT remain independent in accordance with the Paris Principles.

  4. Role of the NHRI and NGOs in the UPR Prior to Review • Submit own reports (for the UPR Stakeholder Report) During Review • Attend the review in the UPR WG (no intervention) During Adoption of UPR WG Report in Plenary • Attend, observe and intervene in the Plenary (NHRIs with A-status and NGOs with ECOSOC status) • Issue written statements 2 weeks before the Plenary • Organize parallel events Following Review • Advocate for, track and monitor the State’s implementation of the UPR outcome • Report on follow-up in submission for Stakeholder Report for next cycle

  5. OHCHR tools to support civil society engagement with human rights mechanisms Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians -published jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (available) Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society (available) Webcasting of sessions (TBs/UPR), e.g. “public viewing” combined with possibly a panel discussion between State and civil society (available) Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System (available) How to Follow Up on United Nations Human Rights Recommendations (available)

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