Introduction = 8
What You Can Find in This Handbook = 10
1 UN Human Rights Treaties and Their Monitoring Mechanisms = 11
1.1 The UN Human Rights Treaties = 11
1.2 The Reporting Procedures = 12
1.3 The Individual Complaints Procedures = 17
1.4 The Inquiry Procedures = 21
1.5 The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OP-CAT) = 23
1.6 Recent International Human Rights Treaties = 26
1.6.1 The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) = 27
1.6.2 The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPED) = 28
1.7 The Debate on Reform of the UN Human Rights TB System = 30
2 National Human Rights Institutions = 33
3 NHRIs’ Role in the UN Treaty Body Process = 36
3.1 NHRIs’ Involvement in the State Reporting Process = 36
3.1.1 NHRIs’ Involvement in the Process Prior to the Official Sessionsof Treaty Bodies = 36
3.1.2 NHRIs’ Role During the Presentation of States Parties’ Reports . 43
3.1.3 NHRIs’ Role in Encouraging Implementation of Concluding Observations = 46
3.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Individual Complaints Procedures = 51
3.2.1 Promoting the Individual Complaints Procedures= 51
3.2.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Procedures Before the Committees = 54
3.2.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Follow-up to Views = 56
3.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Inquiry Procedure = 60
3.3.1 NHRIs’ Role in Initiating an Inquiry = 60
3.3.2 NHRIs’ Role During the Inquiry Procedure = 62
3.3.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Implementation of the Committees’ Recommendations = 64
3.4 NHRIs’ Role Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture = 66
3.4.1 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Ratification of OP-CAT = 67
3.4.2 NHRI’s Role in the Implementation of OP-CAT = 70
3.5 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Recent International Human Rights Treaties = 72
3.5.1 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Ratification of CRPD and ICPED = 72
3.5.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Implementation of CRPD and ICPED = 74
4 Conclusion: Towards Greater Cooperation Between NHRIs and UN Treaty Bodies = 76
List of Acronyms = 79
Recommended Literature = 82
Recommended Websites = 85
What You Can Find in This Handbook = 10
1 UN Human Rights Treaties and Their Monitoring Mechanisms = 11
1.1 The UN Human Rights Treaties = 11
1.2 The Reporting Procedures = 12
1.3 The Individual Complaints Procedures = 17
1.4 The Inquiry Procedures = 21
1.5 The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OP-CAT) = 23
1.6 Recent International Human Rights Treaties = 26
1.6.1 The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) = 27
1.6.2 The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPED) = 28
1.7 The Debate on Reform of the UN Human Rights TB System = 30
2 National Human Rights Institutions = 33
3 NHRIs’ Role in the UN Treaty Body Process = 36
3.1 NHRIs’ Involvement in the State Reporting Process = 36
3.1.1 NHRIs’ Involvement in the Process Prior to the Official Sessionsof Treaty Bodies = 36
3.1.2 NHRIs’ Role During the Presentation of States Parties’ Reports . 43
3.1.3 NHRIs’ Role in Encouraging Implementation of Concluding Observations = 46
3.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Individual Complaints Procedures = 51
3.2.1 Promoting the Individual Complaints Procedures= 51
3.2.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Procedures Before the Committees = 54
3.2.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Follow-up to Views = 56
3.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Inquiry Procedure = 60
3.3.1 NHRIs’ Role in Initiating an Inquiry = 60
3.3.2 NHRIs’ Role During the Inquiry Procedure = 62
3.3.3 NHRIs’ Role in the Implementation of the Committees’ Recommendations = 64
3.4 NHRIs’ Role Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture = 66
3.4.1 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Ratification of OP-CAT = 67
3.4.2 NHRI’s Role in the Implementation of OP-CAT = 70
3.5 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Recent International Human Rights Treaties = 72
3.5.1 NHRIs’ Role in Promoting Ratification of CRPD and ICPED = 72
3.5.2 NHRIs’ Role in the Implementation of CRPD and ICPED = 74
4 Conclusion: Towards Greater Cooperation Between NHRIs and UN Treaty Bodies = 76
List of Acronyms = 79
Recommended Literature = 82
Recommended Websites = 85