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The reporting procedure: its purpose and benefits

Explore the purpose and benefits of reporting in the OHCHR Treaty Body Capacity Building Programme. Understand why states report, the benefits of reporting, and its impact on compliance. Reporting facilitates self-assessment, harmonization of laws, progress monitoring, problem identification, and policy planning. It also fosters national dialogue, government coordination, and access to international expertise, benefiting rights holders at the national level.

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The reporting procedure: its purpose and benefits

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  1. The reporting procedure: its purpose and benefits OHCHR Treaty Body Capacity Building Programme

  2. Brainstorming / brainwriting Why are States reporting? What are the benefits of reporting?

  3. The Benefits of Reporting Reporting is a legal obligation • Self-assessmentof compliance with a treaty, an occasion for State parties for: • Conducting a comprehensive review ofmeasures taken to harmonize laws and policies and to plan and develop new policies to achieve goals • Monitoring progress in treaty implementation, including through human rights-based data collection and analysis • Identifying problems and gaps; • Planning, drafting and adopting appropriate laws, policies and programmes to increase compliance with the treaties

  4. The Benefits of Reporting (cont.) • Reporting creates an opportunity for Stimulation of national dialogue and “buy-in”: better coordination within Government, consultation with the NHRI and raises awareness among and enlist assistance from civil society • Obtaining access to international expert advice and experience from other countries Reporting should ultimately benefit rights holders at the national level

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